Quality-quantity trade-off of human offspring under adverse environmental conditions

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1014-1023

  Meij, J ^a   Van Bodegom, D ^a   Ziem, J ^b   Amankwa, J ^c   Polderman, A ^a   Kirkwood, T B L ^d   De Craen, A J M ^a   Zwaan, B J ^e   Westendorp, R G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University of Development Studies   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Fertility; Life history theory; Offspring survival; Quality quantity trade off; Reproductive succes

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65249109902     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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