Offspring : human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective / / Kenneth W. Wachter, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.6/32
• Soggetto topico: Fertility, Human; Demography
• Altri autori: WachterKenneth W BulataoRodolfo A. <1944->
• Note generali: "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"--p. viii.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Sources -- 7 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 Fertility -- 12 Reflections on Demographic, Evolutionary, and Genetic Approaches to the Study of Human Reproductive Behavior -- Contributors and Other Workshop Participants -- Index.
• Altri titoli varianti: Human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective
• Titolo autorizzato: Offspring
• ISBN: 0-309-16829-5; 1-280-18020-X; 9786610180202; 0-309-50755-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817374003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II