Research Article
Behavioral Determinants of Mating Success in Blackbuck under Semienclosed Condition: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal
Table 5
Behavioral events succeeding copulatory mounting among the dominant males.
| Behavioral events | Observed frequency | Expected frequency | X2-value | value | ϕ-value |
| Walking | 28 | 49.7 | 31.532 | <0.0001 | 0.347 | Feeding | 5 | 7.5 | 1.905 | 0.168 | −0.085 | Fighting | 2 | 3.2 | 1.015 | 0.314 | −0.062 | Chasing | 34 | 23.1 | 13.199 | 0.0002 | 0.224 | Resting | 2 | 18.1 | 35.244 | <0.0001 | −0.367 | Sniffing the vulva | 27 | 15.6 | 20.250 | <0.0001 | 0.278 | Flehmen response | 27 | 15.5 | 20.440 | <0.0001 | 0.279 | Drinking | 1 | 0.5 | 0.869 | 0.351 | 0.057 | Urinating | 17 | 15.3 | 0.430 | 0.512 | 0.041 | Rubbing preorbital gland | 5 | 5.9 | 0.307 | 0.579 | −0.034 | Defecating | 1 | 2.7 | 2.315 | 0.128 | −0.094 |
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