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Sex-ratio of Western Gulls on Santa-barbara Island, California

Year: 1980

Type: article

Abstract: Female-female pairs constituted at least 10%, perhaps a substantially greater fraction, of the 1972-1978 breeding population of Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) on Santa Barbara Island, California.In this population, the adult sex ratio was estimated to be 0.67 males per female.This appears to be the consequence of differential survival rates and may have a causal role in the formation of female-female pairs.

Source: Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida)

Authors: George L. Hunt, Jc Wingfield, Audrey Newman, Farner Ds

Language: English

Topic: Avian ecology and behavior

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W2124816943

FWCI: 8.665

Cites: 16

Cited by: 51

Related to: 10