The effect of socio-economic status and food availability on first birth interval in a pre-industrial human population

Individual variation in nutritional status has direct implications for fitness and thus is crucial in shaping patterns of life-history variation. Nevertheless, it is difficult to measure in natural populations, especially in humans. Here, we used longitudinal data on individual life-histories and an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings: Biological Sciences. - The Royal Society. - 281(2014), 1775, Seite 1-9
1. Verfasser: Nenko, Ilona (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hayward, Adam D., Lummaa, Virpi
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Proceedings: Biological Sciences
Schlagworte:Social sciences Biological sciences Behavioral sciences Economics Health sciences
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