only marginally significantp = 0.05203
The degree of maternal care was influenced by competitors, but the influence was only marginally significant (χ 2 = 9.3911, p = 0.05203; Figure 4 ), with mothers caged together with heterospecific competitor all showed egg guarding compared with that exposed to no competitors (χ 2 = 8.5276, p = 0.014).