Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Reproduction and environment
- 2 Genetic damage and male reproduction
- 3 The microenvironment in health and cancer of the mammary gland
- 4 The energetic cost of physical activity and the regulation of reproduction
- 5 Energetic cost of gestation and lactation in humans
- 6 Adaptive maternal, placental and fetal responses to nutritional extremes in the pregnant adolescent: lessons from sheep
- 7 Growth and sexual maturation in human and non-human primates: a brief review
- 8 The evolution of post-reproductive life: adaptationist scenarios
- 9 Analysing the characteristics of the menstrual cycle in field situations in humans: some methodological aspects
- 10 An insidious burden of disease: the pathological role of sexually transmitted diseases in fertility
- 11 Family planning and unsafe abortion
- 12 Global sexual and reproductive health: responding to the needs of adolescents
- 13 Understanding reproductive decisions
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Reproduction and environment
- 2 Genetic damage and male reproduction
- 3 The microenvironment in health and cancer of the mammary gland
- 4 The energetic cost of physical activity and the regulation of reproduction
- 5 Energetic cost of gestation and lactation in humans
- 6 Adaptive maternal, placental and fetal responses to nutritional extremes in the pregnant adolescent: lessons from sheep
- 7 Growth and sexual maturation in human and non-human primates: a brief review
- 8 The evolution of post-reproductive life: adaptationist scenarios
- 9 Analysing the characteristics of the menstrual cycle in field situations in humans: some methodological aspects
- 10 An insidious burden of disease: the pathological role of sexually transmitted diseases in fertility
- 11 Family planning and unsafe abortion
- 12 Global sexual and reproductive health: responding to the needs of adolescents
- 13 Understanding reproductive decisions
- Index
Summary
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- Reproduction and AdaptationTopics in Human Reproductive Ecology, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011