Diagnosing Mechanisms of Decline and Planning for Recovery of an Endangered Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Population
Figure 1
Relation between maternity rate and adult sex ratio.
There is a statistically significant negative relationship between 3-year average maternity rate Mx and 3-year average sex ratio SR (Mx = −0.26*SR+0.95) for brown bears in the Central (black circles) and Western populations (empty squares).