Risk as reproductive variance

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-57

  Wang, X T ^a  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental investment; Paternity uncertainty; Physical resemblance; Risk distribution; Risky choice; Variance variation in reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036147366     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(01)00091-5     Document Type: Article

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