Biodemography: An Introduction to Concepts and Methods

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An authoritative overview of the concepts and applications of biological demography This book provides a comprehensive introduction to biodemography, an exciting interdisciplinary field that unites the natural science of biology with the social science of human demography. Biodemography is an essential resource for demographers, epidemiologists,

James R. Carey is Distinguished Professor of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, and Senior Scholar at the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley. Deborah A. Roach is Professor of Biology at the University of Virginia and past president of the Evolutionary Demography Society.

"An accessible and practical overview of the demographic approaches that may offer insights into a range of important biological questions."---Marlene Gamelon and Hannah Froy, Trends in Ecology & Evolution "In their new book, [James R. Carey & Deborah A. Roach] provide an excellent introduction to the concepts and methods that form the foundation of biodemography."---Marlene Gamelon and Hannah Froy, Trends in Ecology & Evolution "Biodemography deserves to prove itself a useful resource for both those taking their first steps in biodemography as well as for more experienced researchers seeking to broaden their horizons or reference a single resource. . . . The success of the book is in relating those equations to modern life and, in doing so, describing how we might better understand the risks, challenges and opportunities of the ways in which populations change through time."---Thomas H. G. Ezard, Biometrical Journal "[An] excellent resource for demographers, population biologists, epidemiologists, and other professionals who study population-level outcomes."---K.R. Thompson, CHOICE