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Table 4 Best-fitting model for the relationship between competitive ability and male morphology

From: Competitive males have higher quality sperm in a monogamous social bee

Selection episode

Response

Predictor

Parameter estimate

SE

P-value

Persistence time in the aggregations

Number of days at the aggregation

male size

−1.48

0.65

0.02

  1. Males that persisted longer at the aggregation were smaller. Parameter estimates, standard errors and p-values are given