Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 392-398 , November 2007

The effects of sex and childlessness on the association between status and reproductive output in modern society

  • Martin Fieder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Rector's Office, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anthropology and Rector's Office, University of Vienna, Dr. Karl Lueger Ring 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria. Tel.: +43 664 817 48 39; fax: +43 1 4277 9100.
    • ,
  • Susanne Huber

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Received 9 November 2006 ,Accepted 4 May 2007.

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PII: S1090-5138(07)00048-7

doi: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.05.004

Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 392-398 , November 2007

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