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. 2008 Sep 9;276(1654):31–37. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0981

Table 2.

Calculations of conditional survival probabilities as a function of behavioural strategy.

survival probability

actual event assigned event frequencya no response respond P1 respond P2 respond both
none none (1−f)(1−g) 1−rb 1−rb 1−rb 1−rb
P1 P1 f(1−g)(1−a21) 1−pb 1−c 1−pb 1−c
P2 P1 (1−f)ga12 1−qb 1−c 1−qb 1−c
P2 P2 (1−f)g(1−a12) 1−qb 1−qb 1−c 1−c
P1 P2 f(1−g)a21 1−pb 1−pb 1−c 1−c
both P1 fg(1−a21)a12 (1−pb)(1−qb) 1−c (1−pb)(1−qb) 1−c
both P2 fga21(1−a12) (1−pb)(1−qb) (1−pb)(1−qb) 1−c 1−c
both both fg(1−a21)(1−a12)+fga21a12 (1−pb)(1−qb) 1−c 1−c 1−c
a

The conditional survival probability for one strategy is calculated by multiplying frequency by the survival probability for that strategy and then summing these products for each row.