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  • 1
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    Motherhood and subsistence work: The Tamang of rural Nepal (1989)
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    Human ecology 17 (1989), S. 205-228 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: time-allocation ; pregnancy and lactation ; women ; subsistence labor ; seasonality ; childcare ; mortality ; Nepal ; agriculture
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Minute-by-minute observation of individual women over the period of a year provides a reliable and valuable description of their daily activities. The extent to which Nepalese rural women vary their subsistence responsibilities during pregnancy and lactation is examined by comparing mothers with a non-childbearing sample. The remarkable behavioral similarity between the two groups of women when workloads are high is explained by reference to childcare practices and labor constraints prevailing in the community.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00889713
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    Food availability and nutrition in a seasonal perspective: A study from the Rukwa region in Tanzania (1992)
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    Human ecology 20 (1992), S. 89-107 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: seasonality ; food availability ; nutrition ; Tanzania
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Most of the studies on seasonality in food supply and nutritional status have been carried out in areas characterized by extreme climatic conditions. This study was conducted in an area where the climate is favorable for grain cultivation. However, a large part of the population was found to face seasonal variations in food availability, most critically three to four months before the main harvest. Women lost about 3 percent of their weight in this period compared to the post harvest period. The nutritional status of preschool children declined in the lower socioeconomic group. These changes also coincided with a period of hard agricultural work, especially for women. The paper deals with factors affecting the duration of the maize stocks as well as strategies used when maize stocks are exhausted.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00889697
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    The niche concept: Suggestions for its use in human ecology (1975)
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    Human ecology 3 (1975), S. 71-85 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: niche ; subsistence ecology ; seasonality
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract The Hutchinsonian concept of the ecological niche can be made operational for studies in human ecology by defining it in terms of thedistinctive ways of using resources for subsistence that set “cultural species” apart. Subsistence variety, the number of resources used for subsistence, and how much each is depended on are measures of distinctiveness, and the amount of variety present can be defined as thewidth of the ecological niche. The calculation of niche width from subsistence data is discussed, and examples are given from several human groups with reference to total resource variety, resource variety in space, and resource variety in time. The importance of selecting niche dimensions for niche width measurement is stressed, and examples are given of width differences resulting from measuring variety in quantity (biomass or calories) and variety in quality (protein, essential minerals, etc.). Finally, some implications of niche width measurements for human ecology are discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01552263
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    Herding Strategies of the Datoga Pastoralists of Tanzania: Is Household Labor a Limiting Factor (1997)
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    Human ecology 25 (1997), S. 519-544 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: pastoralism ; herding strategies ; cattle dynamics ; labor requirements ; Tanzania ; seasonality ; grazing patterns ; Datoga
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Datoga herding follows a cyclical pattern depending on the availability of grazing and water. This analysis focuses on two questions: (a) Is the herding strategy followed by individual households limited by the amount of labor available to that household? and (b) does the herding strategy followed by individual households influence the dynamics of cattle herds? The results show that the availability of labor on a household level does not influence either the herding strategies used by individual households, or the dynamics of cattle herds. This suggests that once minimum labor requirements are met, livestock productivity is insensitive to additional labor inputs.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021829806765
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    Zinc and human development: A review (1975)
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    Human ecology 3 (1975), S. 43-57 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: zinc ; nutrition ; growth ; central nervous system malformations
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract In the last few years, considerable evidence has been obtained regarding the importance of zinc in human nutrition. Zinc is an important component of many metalloenzymes and is also required for metabolism of nucleic acids and synthesis of protein. Human requirements for zinc vary at different times in development, but appear to be particularly high during embryonic life, during periods of rapid growth, and during pregnancy. Although zinc is widely distributed in foods, a number of types of diets appear to be deficient or marginal in terms of available zinc. In addition, there is physiological loss of zinc in bleeding and sweating which may lead to low levels of body zinc. A syndrome characterized by markedly retarded growth and sexual development that occurs in the Middle East has been shown to be due to zinc deficiency. This syndrome is reviewed. It is thought that the zinc deficiency syndrome is only one end of a continuum of growth-related problems associated with low levels of physiologically available zinc. In rats, zinc deficiency during pregnancy has been shown to lead to congenital malformations in a large percentage of the offspring. A number of these malformations involve the central nervous system. We have suggested that epidemiological data support the possible importance of maternal zinc deficiency as an etiological factor in human CNS malformations. These data are discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01531772
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    The seasonal factors influencing child malnutrition on the Nembi Plateau, Papua New Guinea (1986)
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    Human ecology 14 (1986), S. 191-223 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: malnutrition ; seasonality ; Papua New Guinea
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract A sample of children from the Nembi Plateau, Papua New Guinea, is monitored for nutritional status, episodes of sickness and disease, diets, work activity of mothers, and weight changes; and health and census records are examined for seasonal patterns of disease, deaths, birth, and birth weights. A seasonal pattern in birth weight reinforced by a seasonal pattern in growth performance and compounded by a seasonal pattern of disease suggests that the time of year in which a child is born is important to the child's growth and health. Yields, labor, and ritual surrounding the gardens give rise to the seasonal pattern of events that impinge upon the health of children.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00889238
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    Ecological foundations for subsistence strategies among the Mbuti Pygmies (1985)
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    Human ecology 13 (1985), S. 71-78 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: Mbuti Pygmies ; Ituri Forest ; subsistence strategies ; seasonality
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract To date, no wholly satisfactory explanation has been proposed for the division of the Mbuti Pygmies into two types of hunting economies: net hunters to the southwest and archers to the northeast. Examination of the literature suggests that this economic subdivision may rest on differences in seasonality and overall patterns of wild food availability between the southwestern and northeastern sectors of the Ituri Forest. The southwestern sector is described as consisting of almost pure stands of the leguminous tree species, Gilbertiodendron dewevrei, growing on white sand soils. This area appears to be floristically (and probably faunistically) less diverse than the north-eastern area. Perhaps in response to relatively low availability of human food, Pygmy bands in the southwest have turned to net hunting and a subsistence economy resting on the meat trade in order to secure a dependable, high-quality source of dietary energy on a year-round basis. Conversely, in the less seasonal and apparently more diverse and dietarily productive north-east, Pygmy bands may face less variation in food availability and therefore be under less pressure to alter their traditional hunting and gathering lifestyle.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01531089
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    Intensification through diversified resource use: The human ecology of a successful agricultural industry in Indonesian Borneo (1987)
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    Human ecology 15 (1987), S. 27-51 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: human ecology ; success ; seasonality ; intensification ; rural development ; diversity ; stability ; flexibility ; duck farming
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract The success of an agricultural industry in commercial duck egg production in the swamplands of South Kalimantan (Borneo) is examined through the utilization of a human ecology framework. Seasonality of resource availability and human population growth are identified as two major constraints to production faced by farmers. Population increases in the urban sectors of southeastern Borneo also present economic opportunities for farmers because of the growing demand for poultry products. Farmers have responded by developing an intensification strategy in egg production based on the use of diversified resources for duck feed. The long-term consequences of these and other innovations in duck farming are discussed; and diversity-stability theory is examined for its applicability to this case of agricultural development and for rural development theory and practice.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00891370
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    Age and sex differences in the impact of seasonal energy stress among Andean agriculturalists (1991)
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    Human ecology 19 (1991), S. 351-368 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: energetics ; seasonality ; nutritional status ; adaptation ; Peru
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract It has been widely argued that children and females are most severely affected during periods of food scarcity. This proposition is tested using dietary and anthropometric data from the Andean community of Nuñoa, Peru. Contrary to expectation, children (ages 12 years and under) are relatively protected from seasonal food scarcity while adults experience severe caloric stress. Anthropometric measures of nutritional status corroborate the dietary analysis, indicating significantly better nutritional status in children. Sex differences in dietary adequacy are not evident. Adult males, however, have significantly poorer measures of nutritional status than adult females. These differences in dietary adequacy and nutritional status reflect adaptations to marked seasonality in work demands and energy availability.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00888982
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    Seasonal variance in the diet of Ache hunter-gatherers in Eastern Paraguay (1984)
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    Human ecology 12 (1984), S. 101-135 
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    ISSN: 1572-9915
    Keywords: hunter-gatherers ; subsistence ; seasonality ; energy budget
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Ethnic Sciences
    Notes: Abstract Seasonal variance in the diet of Ache hunter-gatherers is examined. Fluctuation in the number of calories of honey consumed daily contributed most to the differences in total calories consumed daily during different seasons of the year. Meat, the most important resource in the diet, provided the greatest number of calories daily, and varied little across seasons. The vegetable component of the diet is characterized by low variance in absolute numbers of calories, but high variance in species composition. The mean number of calories consumed daily per capita is high (3827 calories) compared to that reported for other hunter-gathers. Differences in energy expenditure and consumption among modern hunter-gatherers is discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01531269
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