highly significantp < .0001
melanogaster males were used as focal males, there was again a highly significant effect of rival treatment on the subsequent mating duration of focal D. melanogaster males (KW χ 5 2 = 35.714 , p < .0001; Figure 2 c).
melanogaster males were used as focal males, there was again a highly significant effect of rival treatment on the subsequent mating duration of focal D. melanogaster males (KW χ 5 2 = 35.714 , p < .0001; Figure 2 c).
melanogaster to conspecific and heterospecific rivals following manipulation of tactile cues When tactile cues were removed by separating males from rivals using porous netting, there was a marginally significant effect of treatment on focal D. melanogaster mating duration (KW χ 5 2 = 13.54 , p = .019; Figure 2 d).
melanogaster CHC treatment (AoD F 5, 339 = 1.918, p = .091) although a marginally nonsignificant trend for CHC addition to increase mating duration overall (AoD F 1, 329 = 3.379, p = .067).