Stress: Evolutionary, Biosocial and Clinical Perspectives

by Alan H. Bittles

The collected papers in this volume cover the effects of environmental stress under a biological and energetic model. Examples are taken from fossil and living animal populations, and from outlier human populations and traditional societies. These examples indicate that stress increases energy demands and so reduces reproductive fitness. A wide range of stressful situations also are analyzed under the less stringent conditions experienced by modern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333666119
• ISBN13: 9780333666111
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"