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1 December 2008 Sex Ratios of the White-tailed Antelope Ground Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus), Indian Wells Valley, San Bernardino County, California
Charles J. Randel, Howard O. Clark
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Abstract

We studied the white-tailed antelope ground squirrel during spring and summer 2006 to determine young-of-the-year and adult sex ratios in the Indian Wells Valley, San Bernardino County, California. We calculated a young-of-the-year sex ratio of 1.45:1 (female to male), whereas the adult sex ratio was approximately 1:1. Our young-of-the-year sex ratio was greater than the 1.1:1 (female to male) natal sex ratio previously reported. Differences between young-of-the-year and adult sex ratios may represent low female young-of-the-year survivorship in the Indian Wells Valley.

Charles J. Randel and Howard O. Clark "Sex Ratios of the White-tailed Antelope Ground Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus), Indian Wells Valley, San Bernardino County, California," Western North American Naturalist 68(4), 526-529, (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.3398/1527-0904-68.4.526
Received: 29 May 2007; Accepted: 1 May 2008; Published: 1 December 2008
KEYWORDS
Ammospermophilus leucurus
California
Indian Wells Valley
sex ratios
white-tailed antelope ground squirrel
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