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. 2015 Jun 4;3:e999. doi: 10.7717/peerj.999

Table 1. Summarized experimental trial information and results.

Trial dates (2012) Trial length (hours) No. collectors per treatment Total spat count n % Spat on collectors with sound replay (k) p(≥k, n, 0.5)*
13–16 Jul 72 5 16 75.7 (12) 0.0384
26–30 Jul 96 6 63 68.3 (43) 0.0026
30 Jul–3 Aug 96 5 9 100.0 (9) 0.0020
3–6 Aug 72 5 22 100.0 (22) <0.0001
6–9 Aug 72 6 29 69.0 (20) 0.0307
10–15 Aug 120 5 360 85.6 (308) <0.0001
23–27 Aug 96 6 504 47.0 (237) 0.9164
27–31 Aug 96 6 682 48.8 (333) 0.7171

Notes.

*

Probability of observing k or more spat on the replayed sound collectors, given n total recruits and an expected proportion equal to 0.5. For pooled data: p(≥k, n, 0.5) < 0.0001, k = 984, n = 1,685.