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Table 1 A summary of the proportion of males (PMales) among first-winter juveniles, adults, and all individuals in each species, based on the total numbers of all individuals (nTotal) and the number of males (nMales)

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

  1. Values within parentheses represent the binomial 95% CI for each proportion. The statistical significance of the deviation of each proportion from 0.5 (i.e. parity) is shown