The demographic evolution of human populations
The role of selection and environmental factors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10967685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lloyd Demetrius (0000-0003-0178-2852, Max Planck Institut Für Biophysikalische Chemie, D-3400 Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353-372 |
| Publication date | 1989-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2061598 |
| OpenAlex | W4299544597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 19 |
Selection (genetic and cultural) and environmental variation are the principal mechanisms determining patterns of demographic change in human populations. Conditions exist under which the nature and intensity of these forces can be inferred from temporal trends in the demographic variables. These conditions, which can be expressed in terms of relations between the Malthusian parameter and population entropy, provide a means for evaluating the effect of selective and nonselective factors on demographic trends in human populations. The distinction between the roles of selection and environmental factors is illustrated by a study of the demographic transition in Sweden (1778–1965). This study shows that demographic changes during the pre- and posttransitional phases are determined mainly by environmental factors, whereas the changes during the transitional phase are mainly due to cultural selection. This analysis provides, for all three phases of the demographic transition, quantitative measures of the intensity of the forces (selective and nonselective) acting on both mortality and fecundity distributions
Biology · Climate change · Demographic analysis · Demographic transition · Developed country · Environmental change · Fecundity · Fertility · Geography · Natural selection · Population · Selection (genetic algorithm · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Ecology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2026 (37) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |