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. 2011 Jan 27;6(1):e14604. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014604

Table 3. Behaviours of STI chicks during reactivity-to-humans tests.

Mann-Whitney U-test
SL SS U value p
Human-observer test Active fear Behav 13.5±3.1 10.1±2.5 82.5 0.78
Passive fear Behav 8.1±2.6 4.2±1.2 63 0.21
Comfort Activities 26.4±3.7 25.4±3.7 85.5 0.90
Hand-one-home-cage-door test Active Fear Behav 36.7±6.2 31.0±3.5 72.5 0.44
Passive fear Behav 18.0±3.4 9.1±1.6 41 0.02
Comfort Activities 13.3±2.6 12.4±1.7 84.5 0.86

Frequencies of behaviours (% mean ± SEM per individual), reflecting a high level (active and passive fear behaviours) or a low level (comfort activities) of fear, emitted by birds during the human-observer test and the hand-on-home-cage-door test. Data were weighted by the total number of behaviours emitted during tests.

SL: STI chicks reared by LTI females; SS: STI chicks reared by STI quail.