Reproduction and Adaptation

Herausgeber: Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas; Rosetta, Lyliane

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an examination of human reproductive ecology focussing on environmental, demographic, health and family planning issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780521509633
• ISBN-10: 0521509637
• Artikelnr.: 33256293

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Reproduction and environment Alan S. McNeilly; 2. Genetic
damage and male reproduction Michael Joffe; 3. The microenvironment in
health and cancer of the mammary gland John P. Wiebe; 4. The energetic cost
of physical activity and regulation of reproduction Darna L. Dufour; 5.
Energetic cost of gestation and lactation in humans Prakash Shetty; 6.
Adaptive maternal, placental and fetal responses to nutritional extremes in
the pregnant adolescent: lessons from sheep Jacqueline M. Wallace; 7.
Growth and sexual maturation in human and non-human primates: a brief
review Phyllis C. Lee; 8. The evolution of post-reproductive life:
adaptionist scenarios Lynnette Leidy Sievert; 9. Analysing the
characteristics of the menstrual cycle in field situations in humans: some
methodological aspects Jean-Christophe Thalabard, Laurence Joubin, Lyliane
Rosetta and C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor; 10. An insidious burden of
disease: the pathological role of sexually transmitted diseases in
fertility Geoff P. Garnett; 11. Family planning and unsafe abortion Anna
Glasier; 12. Global sexual and reproductive health: responding to the needs
of adolescents Molly Secour-Turner, Linda H. Bearinger and Renee Sieving;
13. Understanding reproductive decisions Andrew Hinde; Index.