Introduction to special issue on "Trade-offs in Female Life Histories: Integrating evolutionary frameworks"

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-420

  Sear, Rebecca ^a   Gibson, Mhairi A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORAGING; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; THEORY;

EVOLUTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 70349380235     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20952     Document Type: Article

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