Full title: Seasonality and human ecology : 35th symposium volume of the Society for the Study of Human Biology / edited by S.J. Ulijaszek and S.S. Strickland.

Author/creator: Strickland, S. S. (Simon Slade), 1946-, Ulijaszek, Stanley J.

Date: 1993..

Call Numbers: N304.2/90

Record Identifier: 74VKvjjEeAEb

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xii, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm., 1. Introduction / S. J. Ulijaszek and S. S. Strickland -- 2. Seasonality and human biology / Francis E. Johnston -- 3. The influence of seasonality on hominid evolution / R. A. Foley -- 4. Environmental temperature and physiological function / M. A. Stroud -- 5. Physiological responses to variations in daylength / D. L. Ingram and M. J. Dauncey -- 6. Seasonality and fertility / Lyliane Rosetta -- 7. Seasonality of reproductive performance in rural Gambia / Stanley J. Ulijaszek -- 8. Seasonal effects on physical growth and development / T. J. Cole -- 9. Seasonal variation in the birth prevalence of polygenic multifactorial diseases / A. H. Bittles and L. Sanz -- 10. Environment, season and infection / Andrew Tomkins -- 11. Seasonal mortality in the elderly / K. J. Collins -- 12. Nutritional seasonality: the dimensions of the problem / Anna Ferro-Luzzi and Francesco Branca., 13. Seasonal variation in nutritional status of adults and children in rural Senegal / Kirsten B. Simondon, Eric Benefice, Francois Simondon, Valerie Delaunay and Anouch Chahnazarian -- 14. Culture, seasons and stress in two traditional African cultures (Massa and Mussey) / Igor de Garine -- 15. Agriculture, modernisation and seasonality / Rebecca A. Huss-Ashmore -- 16. Seasonal organisation of work patterns / C. Panter-Brick.

Publishers: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Notes: Society for the Study of Human Biology Symposium series ; 35. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 304.2

MMS ID: 991021659309702626