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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2008;63(2):195–208. doi: 10.1007/s00265-008-0650-0

Table 3.

Mean response (SD) of calling males to the playback used in our different tests

Tests Variation in temporal structures of calls Call production

Call length in seconds Average number of pulses Average calls per minute
Before During After Before During After Before During After
Average call 2.32 (0.27) 2.93 (0.18)* 2.87 (0.76)* 18.9 (1.7) 22.2 (1.5)* 23.2 (2.7)* 4.8 (0.7) 5.9 (1)* 5.6 (0.8)*

Longer call 2.34 (0.25) 3.06 (0.28)* 2.98 (1.26)* 17.8 (2.1) 25.7 (2.6)* 24.8 (1.9)* 4.9 (0.6) 6.2 (1.2)* 5.4 (1.1)

Distant neighbor 2.43 (0.39) 2.93 (0.29)* 3.02 (1.44)* 18.6 (0.6) 21.5 (1.6)* 23.7 (1.2)* 4.8 (0.6) 5.4 (1.3)* 4.4 (0.9)

Multiple Male 2.08 (0.67) 3.02 (0.27)* 2.94 (0.93)* 18.2 (1.3) 23 (3.1)* 23.2 (1.9)* 4.8 (0.5) 5.8 (0.3)* 5.6 (1.2)*
*

Denotes a significance of P < 0.05 for a One-factor Repeated Measures ANOVA for the differences observed on the measured temporal parameters between different times during the tests rather than between tests.