Table 3.
Accumulated female mating frequency and male harassment rate of a female paired with a single mated or virgin male during the first 10-day period and entire 30-day period
Female mating frequency | Male harassment rate | |||
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First 10 days | Entire 30 days | First 10 days | Entire 30 days | |
With virgin male | 1.44 ± 0.34 (18) |
2.33 ± 0.68 (18) |
21.6 ± 3.32 (18) |
21.7 ± 2.70 (18) |
With mated male | 1.26 ± 0.33 (19) |
2.32 ± 0.67 (19) |
25.4 ± 3.24 (19) |
24.6 ± 2.63 (19) |
P | 0.449 | 0.971 | 0.108 | 0.121 |
Estimated means (±95 % CI) calculated by a general linear model within a column were compared by t tests. Number of tested individuals is in brackets