Table 4. The rate per hour of dominance-display behaviour for male pheasants while housed in each of the two social conditions, in relation to social rank while in the social group condition and the number of females housed with when in the perceived dominance condition.

Male	Mean	Females	Lateral strut			Crow
	Elo-rating		SG	PD	Increase	SG	PD	Increase
1	773.8359	2	0.138	0.1	−0.038	6.655	11.333	4.679
2	403.1283	4	0.01	0.017	0.007	0.036	4.3	4.263
3	385.0008	4	0.096	0.167	0.071	0.145	0.333	0.188
4	207.2864	2	0.013	0.017	0.003	0	3.467	3.367
5	−16.0075	2	0.019	0.017	−0.002	0	5.4	5.400
6	−140.793	4	0.025	0.225	0.2	0	0	0
7	−302.046	2	0.006	0.133	0.128	0	10.767	10.767
8	−421.245	2	0.057	0.017	−0.041	0	0	0
9	−601.546	4	0.002	0.15	0.148	0	3.233	3.233
10	−891.792	4	0.01	0.05	0.04	0	0.067	0.067

Notes.

SG

Social Group condition

PD

Perceived Dominance condition

Increase

(PD rate –SG rate)

Lateral strut rate adjusted for female density = 19 females in the SG condition and two or four in the PD condition.