human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective /
Kenneth W. Wachter, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors.
Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
2003.
1 online resource (xv, 379 pages) :
illustrations
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
""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""
""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""
""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""
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Family Characteristics.
Fertility.
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Fertility, Human.
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Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior(2002 :, Washington, D.C.)