human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective /
First Statement of Responsibility
Kenneth W. Wachter, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, editors.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
National Academies Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xv, 379 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior."
Text of Note
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.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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""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""
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""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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Title
Offspring.
International Standard Book Number
030908718X
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Human fertility behavior in biodemographic perspective
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Demography, Congresses.
Fertility, Human, Congresses.
Behavioral Research.
Biological Evolution.
Demography.
Evolution
Family Characteristics.
Fertility.
Research.
Sexual Behavior.
Biologische aspecten.
Demography.
Fertility, Human.
Ruimtelijke analyse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Demography.
Vruchtbaarheid.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
SOC-- 006000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
304
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6/32
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QP251
Book number
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W665
2002eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
74
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91
Class number
2003
H-554
Class number
WP
565
Book Number
W9265o
2003
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Bulatao, Rodolfo A.,1944-
Wachter, Kenneth W.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior(2002 :, Washington, D.C.)