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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Anim Behav. 2009;77(4):873–885. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.12.014

Table 2.

Total paternity success per candidate male

Male Number of offspring sired Age range during study period Number of conceptions possible % Conceptions obtained
FR 7 12–29 30 23.3
WL 6 12–33 33 18.2
KS 4 12–23 20 20.0
SL 4 12–22 20 20.0
GB* 2 20–40 31 6.5
BE 2 15–33 26 7.7
AL 2 17–31 20 10
FD 1 13–34 33 3.0
GL 1 12–28 28 3.6
TB 1 12–28 28 3.6
AO 1 12–26 24 4.2
EV 1 32–40 11 9.1
FE 1 12–13 3 33.3
PF 0 13–26 19 0
SD 0 12–14 8 0
FO 0 12–16 7 0
ZS 0 12 2 0
JG 0 13–15 2 0
JJ 0 28–31 2 0
MM 0 12–13 2 0
MU 0 19–22 2 0
ST 0 27–30 2 0
CT 0 9–11 1 0

Males (N = 23) are ordered first by number of offspring sired, then by number of conceptions possible for each. Individuals in bold achieved alpha status.

*

At the end of his alpha tenure, GB sustained bad wounds to his testicles in a fight, after which he was thought to be sterile (he sired no further offspring).

Ungenotyped candidates.