For some reason this year almost all the Roe kids I have seen with mum to date have been does. This is across a sample of c 25 does with kids. It did get me wondering what a normal gender spread would be and whether ground, feed type, current population dynamics etc etc had any impact on gender ratios in any one year
This article would tend to indicate our does are far too happy! Birth-sex ratios and local resource competition in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus | Behavioral Ecology | Oxford Academic
And this somewhat inconclusive but some similar findings Contradictory findings in studies of sex ratio variation in roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) (PDF Download Available)
Are any of you in a management plan actively trying strategies to increase buck ratios?
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This article would tend to indicate our does are far too happy! Birth-sex ratios and local resource competition in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus | Behavioral Ecology | Oxford Academic
And this somewhat inconclusive but some similar findings Contradictory findings in studies of sex ratio variation in roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) (PDF Download Available)
Are any of you in a management plan actively trying strategies to increase buck ratios?
S