Birth sex ratio in captive mammals: Patterns, biases, and the implications for management and conservation

Abstract 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(2000)19:13.3.CO;2-M Sex allocation theory predicts that a female should produce the offspring of the sex that most increases her own fitness. For polygynous species, this means that females in superior condition should bias offspring production toward the sex with greater variation in lifetime reproductive success, which is typically males. Captive mammal populations are generally […]