How to measure reproductive success?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-369

  Strassmann, Beverly I ^a   Gillespie, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGING; BIRTH RATE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0038076229     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10154     Document Type: Review

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