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. 2013 Apr 18;3(6):1529–1538. doi: 10.1002/ece3.544

Table 1.

Correlates of female rejection in the female size and male eyespan experiments

Rejected males, mean ± SE (n) Accepted males, mean ± SE (n)
Female size experiment
 Copulation duration 262.11 ± 10.34 sec (36) 258.57 ± 4.95 sec (157) F1,191 = 0.0952, P = 0.7580
 Spermatophore area 0.057 ± 0.002 mm2 (27) 0.061 ± 0.001 mm2 (122) F1,147 = 2.9188, P = 0.0897
 Absolute sperm content 0.027 ± 0.0048 mm2 (27) 0.029 ± 0.002 mm2 (122) F1,147 = 0.1386, P = 0.7102
 Relative sperm content 0.031 ± 0.004 mm2 (27) 0.029 ± 0.002 mm2 (122) F1,146 = 0.2215, P = 0.6386
Male eyespan experiment
 Copulation duration 272.56 ± 10.59 sec (32) 279.43 ± 4.62 sec (168) F1,198 = 0.3540, P = 0.5526
 Spermatophore area 0.059 ± 0.003 mm2 (18) 0.059 ± 0.001 mm2 (131) F1,147 = 0.0312, P = 0.8600
 Absolute sperm content 0.032 ± 0.006 mm2 (18) 0.036 ± 0.002 mm2 (131) F1,147 = 0.4603, P = 0.4985
 Relative sperm content 0.032 ± 0.005 mm2 (18) 0.036 ± 0.002 mm2 (131) F1,146 = 0.4550, P = 0.5010