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. 2012 Feb 20;7(2):e31619. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031619

Table 2. The repeatabilities (R) of behavioural measures in juvenile pike (nā€Š=ā€Š34) within each experimental situation: (a) control (no risk), (b) competition (low risk), (c) predation (high risk).

Behavioural measure R SE 95% CI P
(a) control Latency to attack prey 0.12 0.06 0.00 to 0.24 0.011
Number of captured prey 0.19 0.08 0.05 to 0.35 0.001
Number of unsuccessful attacks 0.10 0.09 0.00 to 0.32 0.094
Swimming activity 0.07 0.05 0.00 to 0.09 0.086
(b) competition Latency to attack prey 0.35 0.10 0.15 to 0.54 0.001
Number of captured prey 0.44 0.13 0.18 to 0.68 0.001
Number of unsuccessful attacks 0.00 0.10 0.00 to 0.32 0.660
Swimming activity 0.07 0.07 0.00 to 0.23 0.192
(c) predation Latency to attack prey 0.07 0.07 0.00 to 0.22 0.183
Number of captured prey 0.21 0.13 0.03 to 0.53 0.026
Number of unsuccessful attacks 0.00 0.29 0.00 to 0.85 0.788
Swimming activity 0.08 0.07 0.00 to 0.25 0.138

Generalised linear mixed-effects and linear mixed-effects models (rptR package in R [33]) with fish identity fitted as random effect and the behavioural measure as dependent factor were used for calculating repeatabilities, standard errors, 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and P-values. Latency to prey attack and swimming activity were log-transformed to achieve normality.