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Author Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior (2002 : Washington, D.C.)

Title Offspring : human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective / Kenneth W. Wachter, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 379 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
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
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."
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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Subject Fertility, Human -- Congresses
Demography -- Congresses
Fertility.
Evolution (Biology)
Research.
Demography.
Sexual Behavior
Fertility
Behavioral Research
Biological Evolution
Family Characteristics
Evolution
Research
Demography
evolution.
research (function)
demography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
Research
Fertility
Evolution (Biology)
Demography
Fertility, Human
Vruchtbaarheid.
Biologische aspecten.
Ruimtelijke analyse.
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Wachter, Kenneth W.
Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944-
ISBN 0309507553
9780309507554
9786610180202
6610180202
9780309087186
030908718X
Other Titles Human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective