From: Sexual signalling in female crested macaques and the evolution of primate fertility signals
Sex | Behaviour | Quantification | Pre-Fertile | Fertile | Post-Fertile | P value | Relationship to OV |
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Female | Approach and solicitation | Count offset for observation time (i.e. rate). | 3.11 | 3.67 | 1.94 | <0.001 | + |
Approach and parade (ritualized series of presentations involving passing back and forth in front of the male) | Count offset for observation time (i.e. rate). | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.43 | <0.001 | + | |
Lipsmack at male during copulation | Binary (female does or does not). | 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.51 | =0.003 | + | |
Look at male during copulation | Binary (female does or does not) | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.88 | p>0.1 | None | |
Reach back to male during copulation | Binary (female does or does not) | 0.38 | 0.44 | 0.36 | <0.001 | + | |
Give copulation call during copulation | Binary (female does or does not) | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.14 | <0.001 | + | |
Male | Ignore female approach | Binary (male does or does not) | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.41 | p=0.009 | - |
Inspect female | Binary (male does or does not) | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.50 | p>0.1 | None | |
Mount female | Logged rate (n/hr) | 2.68 | 3.56 | 2.28 | P<0.001 | + | |
Mate with female | Logged rate (n/hr) | 2.71 | 3.52 | 2.27 | P<0.001 | + | |
Give copulation call during copulation | Binary (male does or does not) | 0.41 | 0.57 | 0.53 | P<0.001 | + |