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. 2016 Jun 2;6:27257. doi: 10.1038/srep27257

Table 2. The influences of visitation by male and female pumas on the display of four behaviours (scraping, body rubbing, investigating, and flehmen response) by male pumas.

Behavior Sex Days %Displayed
X2 p phi
Present Absent
Scraping Male 28 81.5% 76.1% 1.47 0.23 0.06
7 81.5% 77.2% 0.49 0.49 0.04
Female 28 77.1% 78.3% 0.03 0.86 0.01
7 76.7% 78.2% 0.02 0.88 0.01
Body Rubbing Male 28 15.9% 6.1% 10.52 <0.01 0.16
7 12.3% 8.8% 0.61 0.43 0.05
Female 28 6.9% 10.5% 1.11 0.29 0.06
7 5.8% 10.2% 1.13 0.29 0.06
Investigating Male 28 89.8% 88.7% 0.04 0.84 0.02
7 91.4% 88.6% 0.28 0.60 0.03
Female 28 90.3% 88.5% 0.16 0.69 0.03
7 88.4% 89.2% 0.01 0.97 0.10
Flehmen Response Male 28 10.8% 6.5% 2.17 0.14 0.08
7 14.8% 6.5% 5.29 0.02 0.12
Female 28 14.6% 5.0% 11.37 <0.01 0.17
7 18.6% 5.5% 14.74 <0.01 0.19

We tested the influence of females and other males in two time periods, whether the other puma had been present in the previous month (28 days) and if they had been present in the previous week (7 days). For each behaviour we report the percent of visits where the behaviours were displayed, the p-value, and an effect size as phi coefficients.