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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"adult sex ratios"”.
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The community ecology of a riverine turtle assemblage in the Tennessee River Gorge
… abundant forms present in the TRG, 2) adult sex ratios of turtle populations in the TRG will be biased in favor of males, and 3) mean adult body size measurements and size dimorphism index (SDI) values of turtle populations in the TRG will be consistent with those reported from other …
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The Social System of the Round-Eared Sengi(Macroscelides proboscideus)
… the population was characterised by balanced adult sex ratios and by a lack in sexual dimorphism in body mass. Round-eared sengis lived in perennial territorial male-female-pairs. However, males maintained much larger areas than females that were sensitive to population density and the …
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Drivers of a Temporal Change in the Adult Sex Ratio of a Population of Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti)
Ecological processes driving female-biased adult sex ratios (ASR, males:female) in ungulate populations have been addressed theoretically but empirical study is lacking. The female-substitution hypothesis asserts that a female-biased ASR reflects an overall fitness benefit to females and also males …
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Sociality in African mole-rats : exploring how rainfall affects dispersal and genetic exchange in the Natal mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis)
… groups. Individuals were weighed, measured, sexed, and assigned a reproductive status on capture. Tissue samples were collected for genetic analysis and then they were implanted with a passive integrated transponder for identification at recapture. Groups were captured every six months over …