Kent Wells mentioned the kakapo in yesterday's lecture. Bill Sutherland described how officials of the New Zealand Department of Conservation used ideas derived from sex-ratio theory to increase the frequency of females among newly produced offspring (15 out of 24) in Nature about a year ago. It's a "News and Views" piece, so it's short and easy to read. Take a look. (You get to see a color photograph of a kakapo if you do.)
Posted by Kent at October 2, 2003 1:53 PM | TrackBack