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. 2016 Mar 29;11(3):e0152255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152255

Table 2. Song parameters in different recording nights and context regions in night 1 and nights 2, 3, 4.

Shown is the mean ± sd and the p-value of pairwise comparisons (Wilcoxon signed rank and rank sum tests) for the different recording nights (a), and context regions in night 1 (b) and nights 2, 3, and 4 (c).

Mean of groups ± sd Pairwise comparisons(1)
Parameter night 1 night 2 night 3 night 4 n1-n2 n1-n3 n1-n4 n2-n3 n2-n4 n3-n4
a) # of songs 26.67 ± 10.94 119.20 ± 107.20 58.27 ± 61.52 44.17 ± 37.43 < 0.001 0.007 0.171 0.007 0.036 0.528
soDur 320.79 ± 381.97 263.65 ± 365.91 307.90 ± 409.49 301.97 ± 372.70 < 0.001 0.064 0.359 0.003 0.003 0.149
# of syls(2) 3.50 ± 3.06 2.77 ± 2.57 3.06 ± 2.83 3.16 ± 2.68 < 0.001 0.031 0.402 0.037 0.006 0.224
FR NR CC CR FR-NR FR-CC FR-CR NR-CC NR-CR CC-CR
b) # of songs 3.92 ± 2.94 4.08 ± 2.88 17.7 ± 9.66 3.92 ± 2.61 0.893 0.019 1.000 0.023 0.851 0.031
soDur 270.27 ± 423.52 126.12 ± 251.53 419.41 ± 393.50 202.89 ± 281.76 0.021 < 0.001 0.378 < 0.001 0.195 < 0.001
# of syls 2.92 ± 3.03 1.94 ± 2.14 4.29 ± 3.18 2.70 ± 2.53 0.013 < 0.001 0.453 < 0.001 0.138 < 0.001
c) # of songs 6.70 ± 5.77 10.67 ± 11.11 40.75 ± 24.06 136.5 ± 148.2 0.036 0.003 < 0.001 0.007 0.003 0.009
soDur 144.25 ± 142.29 129.45 ± 208.96 500.88 ± 493.89 229.90 ± 326.63 0.089 0.362 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
# of syls 1.99 ± 1.08 1.70 ± 1.20 4.70 ± 3.60 2.47 ± 2.17 0.009 0.585 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001

(1) Significance level after Bonferroni correction: p < 0.0083;

(2) syls = syllables.