Inheritance of the acoustic signal parameters in interspecific hybrids of the bank (Myodes glareolus) and the Tien Shan (M. centralis) voles

Table 1 Parameters of the female’s distress signals of the bank vole Myodes glareolus and the Tien Shan voles M. centralis and their hybrids, and comparison by the single-factor ANOVA method

Parameters	The Tien Shan voles	Hybrids	The bank voles	ANOVA
Parameters	n = 118	n = 108	n = 78	ANOVA
Duration, s	0.027 ± 0.001^a	0.023 ± 0.001^b	0.054 ± 0.004^c	F_2,301 = 182.2 p = 0.001
Fundamental frequency, kHz	3.8 ± 0.1^a	3.2 ± 0.1^b	1.5 ± 0.1^c	F_2,128 = 23.45 p = 0.001
Modulation range, kHz	2.5 ± 0.1^a	1.6 ± 0.1^b	0.6 ± 0.1^c	F_2,128 = 45.35 p = 0.001
Quartile 50%, kHz	4.0 ± 0.1^a	7.9 ± 0.1^b	6.8 ± 0.1^c	F_2,301 = 81.6 p = 0.001
Entropy	0.520 ± 0.005^a	0.586 ± 0.008^b	0.637 ± 0.004^c	F_2,301 = 200.8 p = 0.001

Significant values are highlighted in bold. The different letter-indices in the line denote significantly different values, by using Tukey Post-hock analysis

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