Lifetime reproductive effort in humans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1682, 2010, Pages 773-777

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Human reproduction; Life history theory; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

CATABOLISM; ENERGY BUDGET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649199868     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1450     Document Type: Article

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