Table 1 Time (in secondsa) spent performing behaviors during 1-h immediately after birds were placed in a novel social group (day 1), and 48 h later (day 3).

From: Aggressive dominance can decrease behavioral complexity on subordinates through synchronization of locomotor activities

 

Day 1

Day 3

P-value

Variable

Female (24)

Male (12)

Female (24)

Male (12)

Day

Sex

DxS

Eating (s)

6.7 ± 4.2

3.4 ± 2.9

175.6 ± 34.3

71.9 ± 28.4

0.0002

0.08

0.91

Foraging (s)

286.7 ± 64.1

123.2 ± 28.3

67.3 ± 15.6

37.2 ± 20.3

0.0002

0.03

0.78

Dust bathing (s)

728.6 ± 125.1

659.4 ± 200.6

35.4 ± 18.0

15.0 ± 9.9

0.0001

0.36

0.46

Pecks performed (s)

3.9 ± 1.4

3.4 ± 1.3

5.4 ± 1.8

1.2 ± 0.9

0.37

0.05

0.10

Pecks recieved (s)

3.8 ± 1.0

3.8 ± 1.3

3.17 ± 1.11

5.59 ± 2.09

0.44

0.75

0.44

α-value

0.74 ± 0.01

0.73 ± 0.01

0.84 ± 0.02

0.83 ± 0.03

0.0001

0.79

0.86

Ambulation (%)

20.9 ± 1.4

26.3 ± 3.0

22.1 ± 2.4

18.5 ± 3.2

0.13

0.78

0.08

Grabs (s)

nd

5.4 ± 3.6

nd

7.7 ± 5.1

0.11

nd

nd

Mounts (s)

nd

4.3 ± 1.3

nd

2.3 ± 1.3

0.15

nd

nd

Cloacal contacts (s)

nd

21.1 ± 9.2

nd

17.0 ± 9.8

0.01

nd

nd

  1. Mean ± SEM. Sample size (n) is indicated next to treatment header in parenthesis
  2. nd  no data was obtained for the variable given that only the males perform those reproductive behaviors
  3. aThe behavior ambulation is exceptionally expressed as a percentage of time (%)
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