Description |
1 online resource (xv, 379 pages) : illustrations |
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Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- 1 Biodemography of Fertility and Family Formation -- 2 Genetic Influences on Fertility: Strengths and Limitations of Quantitative Inferences -- 3 Education, Fertility, and Heritability: Explaining a Paradox -- 4 The Neural Basis of Pair Bonding in a Monogamous Species: A Model for Understanding the Biological Basis of Human Behavior -- 5 Hormonal Mediation of Physiological and Behavioral Processes That Influence Fertility |
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6 Intraspecific Variability in Fertility and Offspring Survival in a Nonhuman Primate: Behavioral Control of Ecological and Social Sources7 An Evolutionary and Ecological Analysis of Human Fertility, Mating Patterns, and Parental Investment -- 8 Sexually Antagonistic Coevolution: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Patterns of Human Mating and Fertility -- 9 Pubertal Maturation, Adrenarche, and the Onset of Reproduction in Human Males -- 10 Energetics, Sociality, and Human Reproduction: Life History Theory in Real Life |
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11 Evolutionary Biology and Rational Choice in Models of Fertility12 Reflections on Demographic, Evolutionary, and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Human Reproductive Behavior -- Contributors and Other Workshop Participants -- Index |
Notes |
"Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior." |
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The papers contained in this volume were presented at the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior, held at the National Academies in Washington, D.C., in June 2002"--Page viii |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Fertility, Human -- Congresses
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Demography -- Congresses
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Fertility.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Research.
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Demography.
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Sexual Behavior
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Fertility
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Behavioral Research
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Biological Evolution
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Family Characteristics
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Evolution
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Research
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Demography
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evolution.
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research (function)
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demography.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
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Research
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Fertility
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Evolution (Biology)
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Demography
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Fertility, Human
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Vruchtbaarheid.
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Biologische aspecten.
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Ruimtelijke analyse.
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Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Wachter, Kenneth W.
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Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944-
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ISBN |
0309507553 |
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9780309507554 |
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9786610180202 |
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6610180202 |
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9780309087186 |
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030908718X |
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