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




Helle S, Helama S, Lertola K

PublisherWILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

2009

Journal of Animal Ecology

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

J ANIM ECOL

78

6

1226

1233

8

0021-8790

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01598.x



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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