The Effect Of Maternal Age And Reproductive History On Offspring Survival And Lifetime Reproduction In Preindustrial Humans

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1964-1974

  Gillespie, Duncan O S ^a,b   Russell, Andrew F ^c,d   Lummaa, Virpi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; birth order; fertility; senescence; sex

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE STRUCTURE; DATA SET; EMERGENCE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT CHILD; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SENESCENCE; SEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGING; BIRTH ORDER; FERTILITY; SENESCENCE; SEX;

ADULT CHILDREN; AGING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84879786566     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12078     Document Type: Article

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