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. 2017 Jul 21;38(4):672–691. doi: 10.1007/s10764-017-9973-x

Table III.

Degree of male reproductive skew in three groups of crested macaques at Tangkoko Reserve, Indonesia, 2007–2009

Group and year Number of potential group sires Number of group sires Number of adult females Number of determined paternities Proportion of alpha-male paternity (%) Proportion of alpha-male tenure across the year (%) Observed B index P level Lower confidence interval Upper confidence interval
R1 2007 15 4 20 9 55.56 73.15 0.179 0.001 0.033 0.455
R1 2008 20 2 21 3 33.33 73.42 0.139 0.165 −0.303 0.562
R1 2009 21 5 25 7 28.57 97.26 0.021 0.250 −0.133 0.289
R2 2007 14 3 18 9 77.78 18.38 0.527 0.000 0.192 0.865
R2 2008 7 1 19 7 100.00 100.00 0.672 0.000 0.214 0.672
R2 2009 10 1 20 9 100.00 100.00 0.621 0.000 0.251 0.621
PB 2009 16 3 17 7 57.14 31.51 0.153 0.016 0.016 0.506
Mean 14.7 2.7 20.0 7.3 64.63 70.53 0.330
SD 5.0 1.5 2.6 2.1 29.14 33.44 0.267

We provide the number of potential group sires, number of group sires, number of adult females, number of determined paternities, proportion of alpha-male paternity, proportion of alpha-male tenure across the year, the observed B value, the lower and upper confidence interval (each 0.95%) together with the P value that the observed B value is due to chance (significant values in bold). The B index incorporates male residency in days per group and year. This analysis includes a total of 51 offspring.