Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "life history theory"

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    • The adolescent transition under energetic stress: Body composition tradeoffs among adolescent women in The Gambia 

      Reiches, Meredith W.; Moore, Sophie E.; Prentice, Andrew M.; Prentice, Ann; Sawo, Yankuba; Ellison, Peter T. (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      Background and objectives: Life history theory predicts a shift in energy allocation from growth to reproductive function as a consequence of puberty. During adolescence, linear growth tapers off and, in females, ovarian ...

    • Pooled Energy Budget and Human Life History 

      Reiches, Meredith W.; Ellison, Peter; Lipson, Susan F.; Sharrock, Katherine C.; Gardiner, Eliza; Duncan, Laura G. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
      Human life history contains a series of paradoxes not easily explained by classical life history theory. While overall reproductive output is higher than in related primates, juvenile growth is slower and age-specific ...