The Biodemography Of Human Reproduction And Fertility

Author : Joseph Lee Rodgers,Hans-Peter Kohler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461511373

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The Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility by Joseph Lee Rodgers,Hans-Peter Kohler Pdf

The book that you hold in your hands is the second in a series. The two titles in the series are the following: Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Theoretical and Empirical Contributions from the Biological and Behavior Sciences Edited by Joseph Lee Rodgers, David C. Rowe, & Warren B. Miller Published by Kluwer Academic Press, 2000 The Biodemography of Human Reproduction and Fertility Edited by Joseph Lee Rodgers & Hans-Peter Kohler Published by Kluwer Academic Press, 2002 The series has published chapters by researchers who study human fertility, from a particular perspective: Biodemography. We welcome your interest and participation in this developing subfield. Or, perhaps, biodemography may be better referred to as a "superfield. " Because biodemography so naturally crosses interdisciplinary boundaries, and because its application draws together researchers from disparate disciplines, it may well be more appropriate to consider that biodemography subsumes a number of other disciplines, rather than the other way around. In this preface, we will describe our own efforts and those of many others to promote and develop the study of human fertility, using methods, models, and theories from both biological and demographic domains. In December, 1997, 25 participants from three different countries gathered in Tucson, Arizona for a small conference with the title "Genetic Influences on Fertility-Related Processes. " That conference represented a fascinating blending of research from two apparently separate domains.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309168298

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Offspring by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior Pdf

Despite recent advances in our understanding of the genetic basis of human behavior, little of this work has penetrated into formal demography. Very few demographers worry about how biological processes might affect voluntary behavior choices that have demographic consequences even though behavioral geneticists have documented genetics effects on variables such as parenting and divorce. Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Demographic Perspective brings together leading researchers from a wide variety of disciplines to review the state of research in this emerging field and to identify promising research directions for the future.

Author : James W. Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351521475

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Dynamics of Human Reproduction by James W. Wood Pdf

Awarded the W. W. Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, this volume 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.The volume 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 the book ideally suited both as a graduate-level textbook and as a reference work.

Author : Shoko Konishi,Emi Tamaki,Jun Yoshinaga
Publisher : Springer
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811001765

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Biodemography of Fertility in Japan by Shoko Konishi,Emi Tamaki,Jun Yoshinaga Pdf

This book presents original data on the proximate determinants of fertility in Japan. Its goal is to disaggregate low fertility levels in Japan into physiological, behavioral, and social components. Further, the book reviews previous studies on the proximate determinants of fertility in Japan, and compares the data to that on other countries. This book is the first to summarize previous research projects conducted in Japan on this topic, and proposes future research directions to fill the remaining research gaps. Further, it sheds new light on the similarities and differences between the fertility level in Japan and in other countries in terms of biodemographical components, helping readers understand the mechanisms of fertility change in Japan.

Author : Kenneth W. Wachter,Rodolfo A. Bulatao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Demography
ISBN : 9790309087185

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Offspring by Kenneth W. Wachter,Rodolfo A. Bulatao Pdf

Author : Ronald H. Gray,Henri Leridon,Alfred Spira
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Human reproduction
ISBN : 1383017247

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Biomedical and Demographic Determinants of Reproduction by Ronald H. Gray,Henri Leridon,Alfred Spira Pdf

Surveys the state of knowledge and research on the determinants of human reproduction. This book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach and integrates information from demographic, epidemiological and biological studies of fertility. The chapters provide a comprehensive overview of reproductive processes.

Author : James R. Carey,Deborah A. Roach
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691129006

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Biodemography by James R. Carey,Deborah A. Roach Pdf

An authoritative overview of the concepts and applications of biological demography This book provides a comprehensive introduction to biodemography, an exciting interdisciplinary field that unites the natural science of biology with the social science of human demography. Biodemography is an essential resource for demographers, epidemiologists, gerontologists, and health professionals as well as ecologists, population biologists, entomologists, and conservation biologists. This accessible and innovative book is also ideal for the classroom. James Carey and Deborah Roach cover everything from baseline demographic concepts to biodemographic applications, and present models and equations in discrete rather than continuous form to enhance mathematical accessibility. They use a wealth of real-world examples that draw from data sets on both human and nonhuman species and offer an interdisciplinary approach to demography like no other, with topics ranging from kinship theory and family demography to reliability engineering, tort law, and demographic disasters such as the Titanic and the destruction of Napoleon's Grande Armée. Provides the first synthesis of demography and biology Covers baseline demographic models and concepts such as Lexis diagrams, mortality, fecundity, and population theory Features in-depth discussions of biodemographic applications like harvesting theory and mark-recapture Draws from data sets on species ranging from fruit flies and plants to elephants and humans Uses a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to demography, bringing together a diverse range of concepts, models, and applications Includes informative "biodemographic shorts," appendixes on data visualization and management, and more than 150 illustrations of models and equations

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309306645

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Sociality, Hierarchy, Health by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population Pdf

Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments with a focus on social behaviors along with social hierarchies and connections, to examine their effects on health, longevity, and life histories. This report covers a broad spectrum of nonhuman animals, exploring a variety of measures of position in social hierarchies and social networks, drawing links among these factors to health outcomes and trajectories, and comparing them to those in humans. Sociality, Hierarchy, Health revisits both the theoretical underpinnings of biodemography and the empirical findings that have emerged over the past two decades.

Author : Peter T. Ellison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351493505

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Reproductive Ecology and Human Evolution by Peter T. Ellison Pdf

The study of human reproductive ecology represents an important new development in human evolutionary biology. Its focus is on the physiology of human reproduction and evidence of adaptation, and hence the action of natural selection, in that domain. But at the same time the study of human reproductive ecology provides an important perspective on the historical process of human evolution, a lens through which we may view the forces that have shaped us as a species. In the end, all actions of natural selection can be reduced to variation in the reproductive success of individuals.Peter Ellison is one of the pioneers in the fast growing area of reproductive ecology. He has collected for this volume the research of thirty-one of the most active and influential scientists in the field. Thanks to recent noninvasive techniques, these contributors can present direct empirical data on the effect of a broad array of ecological, behavioral, and constitutional variables on the reproductive processes of humans as well as wild primates. Because biological evolution is cumulative, however, organisms in the present must be viewed as products of the selective forces of past environments. The study of adaptation thus often involves inferences about formative ecological relationships that may no longer exist, or not in the same form. Making such inferences depends on carefully weighing a broad range of evidence drawn from studies of contemporary ecological variation, comparative studies of related taxonomies, and paleontological and genetic evidence of evolutionary history. The result of this inquiry sheds light not only on the functional aspects of an organism's contemporary biology but also on its evolutionary history and the selective forces that have shaped it through time.Encompassing a range of viewpoints--controversy along with consensus--this far-ranging collection offers an indispensable guide for courses in biological anthropology, human biology, and primatology, along with

Author : Irina Pollard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994-06-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521429250

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A Guide to Reproduction by Irina Pollard Pdf

The purpose of this comprehensive text is to increase awareness of human reproduction and its consequences. The central theme links reproductive capacity, the social consequences of the multiple stresses this places on the environment and the ways this relates back to the reproductive health of humans and other animals. In the first section, the biology of human reproduction is discussed, including such topics as the treatment and causes of infertility, growth and maturation, parental behaviour and neonate biology. The effects of procreational biology on the foundation of human social structure are also examined. The second part deals with reproduction as it relates to health and social issues such as stress, fertility control, AIDS, teratogens and errors of sexual differentiation. It is an invaluable resource for all those wishing to update their knowledge of human reproductive biology.

Author : Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar,Louise Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780198568308

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Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology by Robin Ian MacDonald Dunbar,Louise Barrett Pdf

With contributions from over 50 experts in the field, this book provides an overview of the latest developments in evolutionary psychology. In addition to well studied areas of investigation, it also includes chapters on the philosophical underpinnings of evolutionary psychology, comparative perspectives from other species, and more.

Author : Caleb E. Finch,Committee on Population
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-29
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : NAP:13236

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Between Zeus and the Salmon by Caleb E. Finch,Committee on Population Pdf

Demographers and public health specialists have been surprised by the rapid increases in life expectancy, especially at the oldest ages, that have occurred since the early 1960s. Some scientists are calling into question the idea of a fixed upper limit for the human life span. There is new evidence about the genetic bases for both humans and other species. There are also new theories and models of the role of mutations accumulating over the life span and the possible evolutionary advantages of survival after the reproductive years. This volume deals with such diverse topics as the role of the elderly in other species and among human societies past and present, the contribution of evolutionary theory to our understanding of human longevity and intergenerational transfers, mathematical models for survival, and the potential for collecting genetic material in household surveys. It will be particularly valuable for promoting communication between the social and life sciences.

Author : Tracey J. Woodruff,Sarah J. Janssen,Louis J. Guillette, Jr,Linda C. Giudice
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521519527

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Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health and Fertility by Tracey J. Woodruff,Sarah J. Janssen,Louis J. Guillette, Jr,Linda C. Giudice Pdf

Many reproductive and developmental health problems are caused by exposure to chemicals that are widely dispersed in our environment. These problems include infertility, miscarriage, poor pregnancy outcomes, abnormal fetal development, early puberty, endometriosis, and diseases and cancers of reproductive organs. The compelling nature of the collective science has resulted in recognition of a new field of environmental reproductive health. Focusing on exposures to environmental contaminants, particularly during critical periods in development and their potential effects on all aspects of future reproductive life-course, this book provides the first comprehensive source of information bringing together the arguments that are spread out among various scientific disciplines in environmental health, clinical and public health fields. It provides a review of the science in key areas of the relationship between environmental contaminants and reproductive health outcomes, and recommendations on efforts toward prevention in clinical care and public policy.

Author : Ulrich J. Frey,Charlotte Störmer,Kai P. Willführ
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642121425

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Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions by Ulrich J. Frey,Charlotte Störmer,Kai P. Willführ Pdf

Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. As cherished concepts such as free will, naïve realism, humans as creation's crowning glory fall and our moral roots in ape group dynamics become clearer, we have to take leave of many concepts that have been central to defining our humanness. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions. Leading authors from many different fields explore these issues by addressing a range of illusions and providing evidence for the need, despite considerable reluctance, to relinquish some of our most cherished ideas about ourselves.

Author : Tara DeLecce,Postdoctoral Researcher and Special Lecturer Tara Delecce,Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology Todd K Shackelford,Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780197502891

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The Oxford Handbook of Infidelity by Tara DeLecce,Postdoctoral Researcher and Special Lecturer Tara Delecce,Distinguished Professor and Chair of Psychology Todd K Shackelford,Todd K. Shackelford Pdf

Psychological research has produced a rich body of empirical data documenting humanity's propensity to commit infidelity in the context of long-term relationships, but comparatively little work has been dedicated to synthesizing these data into an integrated framework that encompasses the full range of its processes, from why it occurs in the first place to how it affects the long-term relationship thereafter. This edited handbook integrates a broad range of topics such as characteristics related to the propensity to commit infidelity, sex differences in reactions to infidelity, our inclination to dissolve relationships after infidelity, and other responses to infidelity. It showcases contributions from experts in social psychology, evolutionary psychology, and others who specialize in research on romantic relationships. The handbook discusses the processes of infidelity alongside sources of variation, such as sexual orientation, developmental life history, individual differences, and culture. This volume captures the interdisciplinary quality of research on the predictors, nature, and consequences of infidelity for the broader social scientific community interested in trust in romantic relationships.