Table 1. Overview over sampled individuals and samples used for uNEO analysis.

social*experimental group	H control		H treatment		C treatment
sex	female	male	female	male	female	male
nr. individuals
young (5–7 years)	3	2	2	1	2	1
prime (8–14 years)	3	3	4	3	1	1
post prime (15–19 years)	2	1	1	1	—	—
aged (>20 years)	1	3	3	3	—	2
sum individuals = 43
nr. samples (mean ± sd /individual)
pre	19 (2.1 ± 0.9)	21 (2.3 ± 0.7)	22 (2.2 ± 0.8)	20 (2.5 ± 0.8)	5 (1.7 ± 0.6)	6 (1.5 ± 0.6)
post	21 (2.3 ± 0.7)	20 (2.2 ± 0.8)	19 (1.9 ± 0.9)	18 (2.3 ± 0.9)	3 (1 ± 0)	5 (1.3 ± 0.5)
sum samples = 179 (4.2 ± 1.3)

Distribution of study animals among social groups, age and sex classes as well as sample sizes are given for treatment and control group. Age classes were chosen for means of better visualization of data distribution, but were not used in data analyses or interpretation.