Digit length ratio (2D:4D) and variation in key life-history traits and fitness in contemporary Finnish women

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1061-1066

  Helle, Samuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

age at first reproduction; age at last reproduction; birth spacing; digit ratio (2D:4D); prenatal steroids; stature; testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH INTERVAL; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEROID; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955878453     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq105     Document Type: Article

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