@article{fdi:010021477,
  title = {{H}uman longevity at the cost of reproductive success : evidence from global data},
  author = {{T}homas, {F}. and {T}eriokhin, {A}.{T}. and {R}enaud, {F}. and {D}e {M}eeûs, {T}. and {G}u{\'e}gan, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} trade-off between reproduction and somatic maintenance and hence survival is fundamental to life-history theory. {W}e investigated the relationship between female fecundity and longevity in #{H}omo sapiens$ using data from 153 countries located all over the world. {T}he raw correlation betwen life span and fecundity was highly significant with a negative trend. {A}fter longevity and fecundity estimates were controlled for by confounding factors such as historical (i.e. human ethnic groups), religious, geographical, socio-economical and parasitological components, we still observed a negative relationship between the mean female fecundity and the mean longevity in a country. {T}hese findings support the hypothesis for the existence of a trade-off between these two key life-history traits in humans, as also reported by a recent single longitudinal study in {E}ngland. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{VIEILLISSEMENT} ; {REPRODUCTION} ; {FECONDITE} ; {FEMME} ; {HOMINIEN} ; {HISTOIRE} {DE} {VIE} ; {VARIABILITE} ; {ANALYSE} {MULTIVARIABLE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {MAINTENANCE} {SOMATIQUE} ; {MODELE} {LINEAIRE} {GENERAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {E}volutionary {B}iology},
  volume = {13},
  numero = {},
  pages = {409--414},
  ISSN = {1010-061{X}},
  year = {2000},
  DOI = {10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00190.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010021477},
}