Sex, stress and reproductive success /

• Main Author: Lovejoy, David A.
• Other Authors: Lovejoy, Dalia Barsyte
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
• Subjects: Reproduction.; Generative organs > Effect of stress on.; Stress (Physiology); Science.; Physiology.; Natural history.; MEDICAL > Reproductive Medicine & Technology.; Electronic books.

Any events that challenge the survival of living organisms may be classified as stressors. These stressors could include, for example, lack of food, increased population pressure, predatory pressure, climatic events or in the case of humans, loss of a loved one, lack of financial security or uncerta...