Ecological Archives E096-258-A2

Sophie Lardy, Dominique Allainé, Christophe Bonenfant, and Aurélie Cohas. 2015. Sex-specific determinants of fitness in a social mammal. Ecology 96:2947–2959. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15-0425.1

Appendix B. Descriptive statistics of group characteristics over individuals’ dominance tenure in the Alpine marmot.

Table B1. Characteristics of the group throughout dominance tenure of dominant males (N = 52) and dominant females (N = 39).

 

Dominant males

 Dominant females

Average group size

 

 

Median

4.61

4.50

Range

2.00 – 8.00

2.00 – 10.00

Mean ± SE

4.61 ± 0.39

4.69 ± 0.36

Skewness

0.39

0.88

Average number of subordinate males

 

 

Median

1.27

1.33

Range

0.00 – 4.00

0.00 – 5.50

 

Mean ± SE

1.27 ± 0.17

1.40 ± 0.17

Skewness

0.78

1.44

Average number of subordinate females

 

 

Median

1.14

1.67

Range

0.00 – 3.50

 

 0.00 – 2.87

Mean ± SE

1.30 ± 0.10

1.12 ± 0.10

Skewness

0.71

0.40

Average number of partner changes

 

 

Median

0.09

0.25

Range

0.00 – 0.50

 

0.00 – 1.00

Mean ± SE

0.13 ± 0.003

0.29 ± 0.008

Skewness

0.95

0.75

 

FigB1A

Fig. B1A. Distribution of the average group size throughout dominance tenure of dominant males (N = 52) (a) and dominant females (N =39) (b).

 

FigB1B

Fig. B1B. Distribution of the average number of subordinate males (a, b) and subordinates females (c, d) present in the social group throughout dominance tenure of dominant males (N = 52) (a) and dominant females (N =39) (b).


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