Table 2.
Individual baseline (±SD) fecal cortisol metabolite (FCM) concentrations, baseline cut-off (calculated as baseline levels + 1.5 ∗ SD), peak mean (±SD) FCM concentrations, and proportion of peaks before and after the death of the dominant male of the lion pride.
| Individual | Time | FCM (ng/g) | Proportion of Peaks |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Baseline Cut-Off |
Peak Mean | |||
| Female 1 (F1) | Before | 16.78 ± 5.12 | 24.45 | 28.93 ± 2.81 | 11% |
| After | 12.17 ± 2.55 | 16.00 | 20.35 ± 4.51 | 20% | |
| Female 2 (F2) | Before | 17.46 ± 3.53 | 22.75 | 25.53 1 | 6% |
| After | 17.76 ± 3.93 | 23.66 | - | 0% | |
| Female 3 (F3) | Before | 17.89 ± 3.90 | 23.74 | 29.25 ± 3.80 | 20% |
| After | 12.55 ± 1.95 | 15.48 | 19.85 ± 4.08 | 25% | |
| Male 1 (M1) | Before | 19.28 ± 5.49 | 27.51 | 33.55 ± 1.33 | 19% |
| After | - | - | - | - | |
| Male 2 (M2) | Before | 14.25 ± 3.73 | 19.84 | 25.15 ± 3.22 | 15% |
| After | 10.90 ± 2.24 | 14.25 | 15.50 1 | 8% | |
1 In those cases where only one peak was detected within a time, the peak mean (±SD) could not be calculated, thus the value of the peak is shown in the table.