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Table 5 Differences in grunt characteristics between males and females

From: Vocal communication in a complex multi-level society: constrained acoustic structure and flexible call usage in Guinea baboons

Parameters

Female

Male

F

p

Duration [ms]

173 ± 32

186 ± 34

4.6

0.046

DFA2 mean [Hz]

502 ± 105

379 ± 55

46.6

0.000

DFB1ch mean [Hz]

10 ± 7

8 ± 7

5.2

0.034

Range [Hz]

984 ± 379

927 ± 253

0.5

0.488

PFtr mean [Hz]

85 ± 52

72 ± 40

6.2

0.023

Cs mean

0.96 ± 0.02

0.97 ± 0.01

3.8

0.067

F0 mean [Hz]

103 ± 15

61 ± 6

112.9

0.000

Noise [%]

11 ± 2

31 ± 19

60.4

0.000

Hnr1

0.22 ± 0.5

0.29 ± 0.05

24.1

0.000

  1. LMM-analyses have been conducted with caller sex as fixed factor and caller ID as random factor. Mean ± SD and adjusted p vales are shown (Simes correction for multiple testing).
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Frontiers in Zoology

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