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Table 3 Frequency of retreat per hour and indices of dominance of UE- and SE-daughters during the social encounter week

From: Does the early social environment prepare individuals for the future? A match-mismatch experiment in female wild cavies

Group

retreat/h

index of dominance

UE-daughters

SE-daughters

UE-daughters

SE-daughters

1

4.17

36.67

0.90

0.10

2

24

1.5

0.06

0.94

3

8.67

32.5

0.79

0.21

4

35.83

1.67

0.04

0.96

5

8.33

48.33

0.85

0.15

6

3.83

20.67

0.84

0.16

7

59

14.17

0.19

0.81

8

19

16.67

0.47

0.53

9

16.5

4.33

0.21

0.79

10

5.33

21.17

0.80

0.20

11

7.67

46.5

0.86

0.14

  1. Rank indices range from 0 to 1. The higher the index, the higher ranked the subject. Spontaneous behavior was merged from recorded videos on the first, second, fourth and last day of the social encounter week. UE-daughters: daughters whose mothers had lived in an unstable social environment during pregnancy and lactation; SE-daughters: daughters whose mothers had lived in a stable social environment during pregnancy and lactation. Data are given as original values. Indices of dominant subjects are shown in bold. Statistics: Wilcoxon signed-rank test, n.s. NUE-daughters = NSE-daughters = 11
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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994