Table 1. The four most common male fighting behaviours are performed at different rates by defenders compared with challengers (n = 40 observations).
Type | Defender | Challenger | Statistics | |
Bite | mean±SD | 1.53±2.89 | 0.80±1.76 | Mann-Whitney: U = 724.5, z = 0.72, p = 0.47, n = 40, effect size r = 0.114 |
range | 0–12 | 1–9 | ||
median | 0 | 0 | ||
Kick | mean±SD | 3.20±4.32 | 0.05±0.22 | Mann-Whitney: U = 299.0, z = 4.82, p<0.01, n = 40, effect size r = 0.762 |
range | 0–20 | 0–1 | ||
median | 2 | 0 | ||
Mandible Flare | mean±SD | 38.95±34.99 | 0 | |
range | 0–141 | 0 | ||
median | 32.5 | 0 | ||
Mount | mean±SD | 0 | 1.70±2.40 | |
range | 0 | 0–12 | ||
median | 0 | 1 |