No time to eat: An adaptationist account of periovulatory behavioral changes

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric intake; Menstrual cycle; Periovulatory behavior; Physical activity; Psychological changes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037336177     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367579     Document Type: Review

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