Female reproductive competition within families in rural Gambia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1736, 2012, Pages 2219-2227

  Mace, Ruth ^a   Alvergne, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co residence; Cultural norms; Grandmothers; Kinship; Menopause; Reproductive competition

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISPERSAL; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

GAMBIA;

EID: 84859980374     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2424     Document Type: Article

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