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Dynamics of Human Reproduction Biology, Biometry, Demography

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By: James W Wood(Author)
669 pages
Dynamics of Human Reproduction
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  • Dynamics of Human Reproduction ISBN: 9780202011806 Paperback Dec 1994 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1 week
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Awarded the W. W. Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, Dynamics of Human Reproduction presents a comprehensive, integrated, and up-to-date overview of the major physiological and behavioral factors affecting human reproduction. In attempting to identify the most important causes of variation in fertility within and among human populations, Wood summarizes data from a wide range of societies. Trained as an anthropologist as well as a demographer, he devotes special attention to so-called "natural fertility" populations, in which modern contraceptives and induced abortion are not used to limit reproductive output. Such an emphasis enables him to study the interaction of biology and behavior with particular clarity.

Dynamics of Human Reproduction weaves together the physiological, demographic, and biometric approaches to human fertility in a way that will encourage future interdisciplinary research. Instead of offering a general overview, the focus is to answer one question: Why does fertility and the number of live births vary from couple to couple within any particular population, and from population to population across the human species as a whole?

Topics covered include ovarian function, conception and pregnancy, intrauterine mortality, reproductive maturation and senescence, coital frequency and the waiting time to conception, marriage patterns and the initiation of reproduction, the fertility-reducing effects of breastfeeding, the impact of maternal nutrition on reproduction, and reproductive seasonality. This unique combination of comprehensive subject matter and an integrated analytical approach makes Dynamics of Human Reproduction ideally suited both as a graduate-level textbook and as a reference work.

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James W. Wood is professor of anthropology and demography at Pennsylvania State University. His books include, Human Reproductive Ecology: Interactions of Environment, Fertility, and Behavior, and The Biodemography of Subsistence Farming: Population, Food and Family .

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By: James W Wood(Author)
669 pages
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