From: Adults have more male-biased sex ratios than first-winter juveniles in wintering duck populations
Species | Age class | nTotal | nMales | PMales | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gadwall | First-winter juveniles | 843 | 406 | 0.482 (0.447–0.516) | 0.603 |
 | Adults | 987 | 624 | 0.632 (0.601–0.662) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 1830 | 1030 | 0.563 (0.540–0.586) |  < 0.001 |
Northern Mallard | First-winter juveniles | 15,458 | 8039 | 0.520 (0.512–0.528) |  < 0.001 |
 | Adults | 14,677 | 9008 | 0.614 (0.606–0.622) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 30,135 | 17,047 | 0.566 (0.560–0.571) |  < 0.001 |
Northern Pintail | First-winter juveniles | 1914 | 829 | 0.433 (0.411–0.456) |  < 0.001 |
 | Adults | 2965 | 2001 | 0.675 (0.658–0.692) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 4879 | 2830 | 0.580 (0.566–0.594) |  < 0.001 |
Common Pochard | First-winter juveniles | 1678 | 975 | 0.581 (0.557–0.605) |  < 0.001 |
 | Adults | 4224 | 3348 | 0.793 (0.780–0.805) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 5902 | 4323 | 0.732 (0.721–0.744) |  < 0.001 |
Common Shelduck | First-winter juveniles | 309 | 137 | 0.443 (0.387–0.501) | 0.159 |
 | Adults | 2743 | 2289 | 0.834 (0.820–0.848) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 3052 | 2426 | 0.795 (0.780–0.809) |  < 0.001 |
Northern Shoveler | First-winter juveniles | 194 | 111 | 0.572 (0.499–0.643) | 0.157 |
 | Adults | 265 | 190 | 0.717 (0.659–0.770) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 459 | 301 | 0.656 (0.610–0.699) |  < 0.001 |
Eurasian Teal | First-winter juveniles | 20,828 | 12,363 | 0.594 (0.587–0.600) |  < 0.001 |
 | Adults | 12,153 | 7354 | 0.605 (0.596–0.614) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 32,981 | 19,717 | 0.598 (0.593–0.603) |  < 0.001 |
Tufted Duck | First-winter juveniles | 3989 | 1766 | 0.443 (0.427–0.458) |  < 0.001 |
 | Adults | 2267 | 1341 | 0.592 (0.571–0.612) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 6256 | 3107 | 0.497 (0.484–0.509) | 0.604 |
Eurasian Wigeon | First-winter juveniles | 2796 | 1218 | 0.436 (0.417–0.454) |  < 0.001 |
 | Adults | 2714 | 1783 | 0.657 (0.639–0.675) |  < 0.001 |
 | All individuals | 5510 | 3001 | 0.545 (0.531–0.558) |  < 0.001 |