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Sex ratios in laboratory and field populations of the old field mouse, Peromyscus polionotus
Author(s) -
Smith Michael H.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02514918
Subject(s) - biology , sex ratio , offspring , peromyscus , zoology , trap (plumbing) , abundance (ecology) , demography , rodent , ecology , population , genetics , pregnancy , environmental engineering , sociology , engineering
Summary Males outnumbered females as juveniles but not as adults among mice captured by hand in their burrows. The higher production of male offspring together with their higher mortality rate resulted in a 1∶1 sex ratio for the adult mice. Despite the equal abundance of each sex, more males than females were caught in traps. Males must have a higher chance of encountering a trap and/or of entering a trap after finding it.