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. 2020 Aug 3;8:e9477. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9477

Table 4. Comparison of male long-term behavioural responses between playback treatments (Wilcoxon matched-pair signed rank tests, N = 12 playback trials, with a total of n = 156 scan sampling observations, i.e. 13 scans per individual for 1 h).

Variables** Duet song playback Predator song playback V P value
Behavioural activity Grooming 1.0 ± 1.6 1.7 ± 2.0 5.5 0.688
Moving 2.0 ± 1.3 1.7 ± 1.5 13.5 0.594
Resting 0.8 ± 0.8 0 ± 0 10 0.125
Feeding 4.0 ± 1.4 0.3 ± 0.8 21 <0.05*
Vigilance 2.2 ± 1.3 9.0 ± 2.0 0 <0.05*
Body position Hanging 7.2 ± 2.5 5.0 ± 1.7 3.5 0.188
Sitting/lying 5.8 ± 2.5 8.0 ± 1.7 17.5 0.188
Gaze direction Speaker 3.0 ± 1.7 4.5 ± 1.1 2 0.125
Canopy 8.7 ± 1.2 3.2 ± 2.5 21 <0.05*
Ground 0 ± 0 5.0 ± 1.3 0 <0.05*
Group member 1.3 ± 1.5 0.3 ± 0.8 8.5 0.375
Elevation (m) 17.6 ± 6.2 25.1 ± 7.1 3 0.156
Proximity to mate (m) 8.9 ± 7.3 10.3 ± 7.7 7 0.563
Dropping branch 0 ± 0 0.5 ± 0.8 0 0.5
Defaecation/Urination 0.3 ± 0.5 3.2 ± 1.2 0 <0.05*

Notes:

All occurrence behaviours recorded over 2 h post trial.

*

P < 0.05.

**

Means ± SD.