Ecological variation in wealth–fertility relationships in Mongolia: The ‘central theoretical problem of sociobiology’ not a problem after all?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1796, 2014, Pages

  Alvergne, Alexandra ^a,b,c   Lummaa, Virpi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception; Demographic economic paradox; Life history trade offs; Socio economic success; Somatic capital

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRADE-OFF; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MONGOLIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MONGOLIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84908191666     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1733     Document Type: Article

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