Effect of household structure on female reproductive strategies in a Caribbean village

Human Nature

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-189

  Quinlan, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b West Hawai'i Field Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparenting; Dominica; Evolutionary ecology; Extended family; Father absence; Household demography; Kinship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040431612     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-001-1005-y     Document Type: Article

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