The trade-off between number and size of offspring in humans and other primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1636, 2008, Pages 827-834

  Walker, Robert S ^a   Gurven, Michael ^b   Burger, Oskar ^c   Hamilton, Marcus J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural fertility human societies; Number and size of offspring; Primate life histories; Quantity quality trade off; Quarter power scaling; Smith Fretwell model

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRTH RATE; HOMINID; LIFE HISTORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PRIMATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF;

ALLOMETRY; APE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY SIZE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 39149098108     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1511     Document Type: Article

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