Extrinsic mortality effects on reproductive strategies in a Caribbean community

Human Nature

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-139

  Quinlan, Robert J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Child development; Demography; Evolutionary ecology; Personality; Risk; Teen pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954089576     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-010-9085-1     Document Type: Article

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