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Demographic trends in Sweden [PDF]
In the present note, we present the main features of recent trends in vital family-demographic behavior in Sweden. For this purpose, published indices of marriage, divorce, and childbearing risks by calendar year are updated by adding another two or ...
Gunnar Andersson
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Measuring and explaining the baby boom in the developed world in the mid-twentieth century
Demographic Research, 2018 Background: The early research on the baby boom tried to account for it as a logical recovery following the end of the Second World War (WWII). But it cannot be understood merely as a post-war phenomenon because its origins go back to the 1930s and early
Jesús J. Sánchez-Barricarte
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Novel Worker‐Like Behavior Observed in Gynes of the Social Parasite Tetramorium microgyna
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.Our article reports, to our knowledge, the first observations of inquiline gynes performing worker tasks for their host colony. We dissected these gynes to establish that they were all unmated. We hypothesize that nest excavation by social parasites represents an artifact of a non‐parasitic past.
François Brassard, Christina Kwapich
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Migração Portuguesa para São Paulo na segunda metade do século XIX: um estudo de caso
AlmanackResumo Por meio da análise de uma singular experiência migratória ocorrida entre Portugal (Província da Beira / Concelho da Lousã) e a província de São Paulo (região de Espírito Santo do Pinhal) apresentam-se algumas considerações sobre as ...
Ana Silvia Volpi Scott
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Occupational Mortality, Age at Marriage and Marital Fertility Early Twentieth Century England and Wales [PDF]
, 2003 What factors determine fertility and to what extent do we really understand the decision processes that underpinned when to marry, when to start having children and how many children to have in the historical past?
Bowden, S., Mills, J.W.
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Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT In recent decades, many European countries have experienced significant family changes, including an increase in the proportion of non‐marital births. To understand these family changes in European and Western societies, numerous theories have emerged, accompanied by a wealth of empirical literature.
Yoann Doignon +3 more
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Wildlife Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.Microfilariae contribute to a higher energetic demand that could lead to oxidative damage and reduce hosts' fitness. Yet reports about the energy status and oxidative stress‐defense mechanisms of infected wild birds are rarely documented. We investigated the relationship between microfilariae and the energy status and oxidative damage‐defense ...
Felix A. Andong +6 more
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Elaboration of the Coale-McNeil Nuptiality Model as The Generalized Log Gamma Distribution [PDF]
The Coale-McNeil nuptiality model is a particular case of the generalized log gamma distribution model. In this paper, we demonstrate that recognition of this connection allows an expansion of the possible applications of the Coale-McNeil model.
Ryuichi Kaneko
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Contemporary Evolution of an At‐Risk Stickleback Population During a Severe Drought
Evolutionary Applications, Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Populations can be granted conservation status because they harbour a set of unique traits, evolutionary histories, or ecological roles. Such populations are often isolated and specialised and, as such, can be particularly vulnerable to environmental disturbances.
Sarah Sanderson +4 more
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DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAĆINA PARISH (1870. – 1880.) [PDF]
Hum, 2013 Both components of the natural movement of the population are on the transition from high to low. The average annual birth rate ranges at the level of 29.60 ‰ and thus found itself at the beginning of the demographic transition, fertility, and the ...
Žarko Dugandžić
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