What is it about?
Peasant colonists to uninhabited territores will increase their fertility, and those who decide to do agriculture as a bussiness will have lower fertility than those who practice subsistence agriculture. Data from the tropical forest in Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico.
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Why is it important?
It shows how household decisions to practice commercial agriculture will reduce fertility. To date I am unaware of data that will show this at a household level.
Perspectives
It is a paper that tries to explain human choices, in this case reproductive behavior, as the result of an overall adaptive strategy.
Dr Francisco Delfin Gurri
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
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This page is a summary of: Impact of commercial farming on household reproductive strategies in Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico, American Journal of Human Biology, June 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22753.
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