Reproductive measures, fitness, and migrating mennonites: An evolutionary analysis

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 667-687

  Stevenson, Joan C ^a   Everson, Phillip M ^a   Grimes, Michael ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth interval; Fertility mennonites; Fitness; Kansas; Optimum family size; Prussia; Regression; Reproductive span; Reproductive success; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBLING; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13844284324     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0010     Document Type: Article

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