Adult sex ratio bias in snowy plovers is driven by sex-specific early survival: implications for mating systems and population growth
L. J. Eberhart-Phillips, C. Kuepper, T. E. X. Miller, M. Cruz-Lopez, K. H. Maher, N. dos Remedios, M. A. Stoffel, J. I. Hoffman, O. Krueger, T. Szekely
The paper shows that male-biased adult sex ratio in snowy plovers is driven by sex-specific juvenile survival, not adult survival, and highlights the importance of sex-specific models for population dynamics.
bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2017Ecology