A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Evolutionary ecology of human birth sex ratio under the compound influence of climate change, famine, economic crises and wars



Authors: Helle S, Helama S, Lertola K

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

Publication year: 2009

Journal:: Journal of Animal Ecology

Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Journal acronym: J ANIM ECOL

Volume: 78

Issue: 6

First page : 1226

Last page: 1233

Number of pages: 8

ISSN: 0021-8790

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01598.x


Abstract
Our results propose that some exogenous challenges like ambient temperature and war can skew human birth sex ratio and that these deviations likely represent environmental forcing rather than adaptive parental response to such challenges.



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