title: Ecological demography:  a synthetic focus in evolutionary anthropology.
abstract: "Ecological demography arises from two facts:  that the reproductive behavior of humans, like that of other species, is influenced by natural selection and that current fitness is the product of both genotype and environment.  Here I review classic atheoretical and recent theoretical studies that contribute to this emerging field, exploring the extent to which human reproductive responses to ecological conditions, considered in their broadest context, follow the same selective rules as other species."
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology; D001695:Biology; D003710:Demography; D004463:Ecology; D004777:Environment; D005298:Fertility; D005823:Genetics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012098:Reproduction; D012106:Research; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012942:Social Sciences
keywords: Anthropology; Biology; Demographic Factors; Demography; Ecology; Environment; Fertility--determinants; Genetics; Interdisciplinary Studies; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Reproduction; Reproductive Behavior--determinants; Social Sciences; World