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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 12.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 2013 Jan 1;67(1):19–30. doi: 10.1007/s00265-012-1420-6

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Male variance in GC and androgen levels during the MS-unstable period showing significant correlations between rank and the variance of both variables: a) GC levels - note that the two high outliers are the two males targeted by revolutionary coalitions (Higham and Maestripeiri 2010) for which we have data during the MS-unstable period. The third highest variability belonged to the alpha male, who was targeted within 3 days of cessation of fecal sample collection for the MS-unstable period; b) androgen levels – note that the greatest variability belonged to the 3rd ranked male, who ultimately became the alpha male following the MS-unstable period by instigating an attack on the existing alpha male. The two males who were targets during the MS-unstable period, and the existing alpha male (targeted immediately after the end of this period), had the next 3 highest levels of variability.