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BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
卷 20, 期 4, 页码 382-384出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270910000225
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- Natural Environment Research Council [ceh010010] Funding Source: researchfish
Donald (2007) showed that the adult sex ratios of wild bird populations tended to be male-biased, and that this bias was stronger in threatened species than in those of least concern. Here we show that, in 2004, the world population of the Critically Endangered Raso Lark was 65 individuals, 70% of which were male (adult sex ratio 0.70). In 2008, the population numbered approximately 175 (including juveniles) and the adult sex ratio was 0.58. Both ratios were significantly different from parity. All adult females were observed to be both paired and holding a territory. The observations therefore support Donald's (2007) suggestion that a shortage of females can be an important constraint on the growth of threatened bird populations, a constraint that needs attention in conservation planning.
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