Table 7.
Verification of the main hypothesis and summary of the results from this study.
| Hypothesis: Opportunistic Maize Consumption by Chimpanzees | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maize | Wild Fruits | Rest | Travel/Daily Paths | Wild Frugivory and Intakes | Energy Expenditures | ||
| 1 | High/low | + | − | − | − | ||
| 0 | High/low | − | + | + | + | ||
| Results: Opportunistic Maize Consumption by Chimpanzees | |||||||
| Maize | Wild Fruits | Rest (%) | Travel (%) | Daily Paths (m·h−1) |
Wild
Frugivory (%) |
Wild Intake (kcal·min−1) | Energy Expenditure (kcal·h−1) |
| 1 | High/low * | 28.5 | 32.6 | 282.7 | 84.2 | 48.0 | 139.6 |
| ˄ | ˅ | = | = | = | = | ||
| 0 | High/low ** | 34.2 | 26.2 | 241.5 | 83.9 | 47.3 | 139.8 |
* For all categories, mean values during the maize season. ** For all categories, mean values during the non-maize season.