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- Influence
Marriage Systems and Pathogen Stress in Human Societies
- B. S. Low
- Biology
- 1 May 1990
Pathogen stress is an important form of environmental extremeness and uncertainty for humans as well as other organisms. It is predicted to: fl] increase the degree of polygyny (as fewer males become… Expand
Cortisol levels and very early pregnancy loss in humans.
- P. Nepomnaschy, K. Welch, D. McConnell, B. S. Low, B. Strassmann, B. England
- Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 7 March 2006
Maternal stress is commonly cited as an important risk factor for spontaneous abortion. For humans, however, there is little physiological evidence linking miscarriage to stress. This lack of… Expand
Influences on Women's Reproductive Lives
- B. S. Low, A. Hazel, Nicholas Parker, K. Welch
- Sociology
- 16 April 2008
Modern women's reproductive lives vary considerably, in a patterned fashion. Although cultural factors are important, across societies—even across species— there exist strong patterns predicted by… Expand
The role of future unpredictability in human risk-taking
Models of risk-taking as used in the social sciences may be improved by including concepts from life history theory, particularly environmental unpredictability and life expectancy. Community college… Expand
Environmental Uncertainty and the Parental Strategies of Marsupials and Placentals
- B. S. Low
- Biology
- The American Naturalist
- 1 January 1978
Reproductive effort, defined as the cost in energy spent and risks taken in reproduction, has two components: parental effort and mating effort. Environmental uncertainties influencing juvenile… Expand
Navigating Social–Ecological Systems: Redundancy and diversity: do they influence optimal management?
- B. S. Low, E. Ostrom, Carl S. Simon, J. Wilson
- Engineering
- 2002
Cross-cultural patterns in the training of children: an evolutionary perspective.
- B. S. Low
- Sociology, Medicine
- Journal of comparative psychology
- 1989
Analyzed cross-cultural child inculcation data from Barry, Josephson, Lauer, & Marshall (1976) by testing a hypothesis derived from natural selection theory: The ways in which boys are trained (vs.… Expand
Women's lives there, here, then, now: a review of women's ecological and demographic constraints cross-culturally
- B. S. Low
- Biology
- 2005
Abstract Around the world and across time, women's lives and opportunities vary—but this is patterned variation, produced by the interplay of natural selection (life history theory) and ecological… Expand
Do Increasing Cormorant Populations Threaten Sportfishes in the Great Lakes? A Case Study in Lake Huron
ABSTRACT After near extirpation earlier this century in the Great Lakes, double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) populations reached all-time highs, raising concerns among sport anglers and… Expand
Reproductive life in nineteenth century Sweden: An evolutionary perspective on demographic phenomena
- B. S. Low
- Geography
- 1 November 1991
This study between 1824-96 of individual and family fertility mortality and male/female differences in lifetime reproductive patterns is examined for 191 male founders married between 1824-40 in 7… Expand