Polygyny among the Tsimane of Bolivia: An improved method for testing the polygyny-fertility hypothesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1756, 2013, Pages

  Winking, Jeffrey ^a   Stieglitz, Jonathan ^b   Kurten, Jenna ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b   Gurven, Michael ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Polygyny; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLYGYNY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WOMENS STATUS;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 84878352755     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.3078     Document Type: Article

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