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Table 2 The importance of males’ call properties to their mating success

From: Endurance rivalry and female choice jointly influence male mating success in the emerald treefrog (Zhangixalus prasinatus), a lek-chorusing anuran

 

Variables

b

95% CI

df

L-R χ2

P

(a)

Durationadj

−4.25

(−41.98, 29.49)

1

0.06

0.807

(b)

Rate

1.13

(−1.61, 3.85)

1

0.73

0.394

(c)

Interval

−0.38

(−1.75, 0.86)

1

0.36

0.551

(d)

Rise timeadj

14.67

(−26.17, 59.44)

1

0.49

0.482

(e)

Fall time

−48.40

(−142.47, 30.45)

1

1.40

0.236

(f)

Pulse number

−0.29

(−1.43, 0.67)

1

0.34

0.561

(g)

Pulse rateadj

−0.06

(−0.45, 0.32)

1

0.09

0.764

(h)

Dominant frequency

−0.01

(−0.02, − 0.00)

1

5.29

0.021

(i)

FM-rise

−0.01

(−0.02, 0.00)

1

2.05

0.152

(j)

FM-fall

0.00

(−0.00, 0.01)

1

1.81

0.178

  1. Simple ordinal logistic regression models (a-j) evaluating the importance of each of the males’ call (type A notes) properties to their mating success (i.e., being primary, peripheral or unmated males). N = 24 for all models. P values ≤0.05 are marked in bold