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The offspring quantity–quality trade-off and human fertility variation

The idea that trade-offs between offspring quantity and quality shape reproductive behaviour has long been central to economic perspectives on fertility. It also has a parallel and richer theoretical foundation in evolutionary ecology. We review the application of the quantity–quality trade-off conc...

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Autores principales: Lawson, David W., Borgerhoff Mulder, Monique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27022072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0145