Variations in the sex and age distributions of brush-tailed possum populations
作者:
J.D. Coleman,
W.Q. Green,
期刊:
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
(Taylor Available online 1984)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 3
页码: 313-318
ISSN:0301-4223
年代: 1984
DOI:10.1080/03014223.1984.10428243
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: brush-tailed possum;Trichosurus vulpecula;sex ratios;age distributions;trapping bias
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The sex ratios of 4 geographically separated populations of brush-tailed possums sampled by trapping or poisoning with cyanide paste were generally imbalanced towards males. An examination of the absolute sex ratio in 1 population indicated such biases may not be real. Age distributions of sampled and absolute populations also differed, with most samples containing few old males. Sex and age biases probably result from the sampling procedures, with animal mobility influencing each animal's susceptibility to trapping or poisoning. As males are more mobile than females of similar age, the former are generally taken more frequently.
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