Table 3.
SIMPER (similarity percentage) analysis of behaviours of bank vole females in staged dyadic encounters against conspecific females and heterospecific (field vole females) opponents
| Behaviour | Discrimination by season | Discrimination by opponent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average abundance | Contribution (%) to dissimilarity | Average abundance | Contribution (%) to dissimilarity | |||
| Winter | Summer | Bank vole | Field vole | |||
| Explore | 1.2 | 2.5 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Approach | 0.5 | 1.4 | 17 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 11 |
| Threat | 0.9 | 1.3 | 11 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 22 |
| Touch | 0.8 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 11 |
| Avoid | 0.2 | 1.1 | 15 | 0.5 | 1 | 13 |
| Cumulative contribution | 77 | 74 | ||||
Results based on population means, presenting the variables mostly responsible for differences between season and opponent groups. Only behaviours are shown which contribute more than 10% to dissimilarity. Inclusion limit: major contribution (>70% of cumulative contribution to dissimilarity)