The offspring quantity-quality trade-off and human fertility variation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1692, 2016, Pages

  Lawson, David W ^a   Mulder, Monique Borgerhoff ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Life history theory; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIBLING; TRADE-OFF;

FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84961927572     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0145     Document Type: Review

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