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Table 2 Mean (± SE) clutch number and gross reproductive outputs gained by the males as the single or one of the multiple bi-androus or polyandrous mates of the female jacanas. The coefficient of variation (CV, %) of each parameter is given in parentheses underneath for each respective category. Superscript letters and asterisks indicate a significantly larger value than other values with the same superscript letter under the same column category

From: Brood success of sex-role-reversed pheasant-tailed jacanas: the effects of social polyandry, seasonality, and male mating order

Mate

Clutch

Egg

Hatchling

Fledgling

Monandrous (n = 37)

1.95 ± 0.17

5.84 ± 0.57

1.57 ± 0.31a

1.19 ± 0.30

(52.72)

(59.41)

(121.73)

(153.32)

Bi-androus (n = 80)

1.95 ± 0.13

6.55 ± 0.44

2.11 ± 0.24

1.11 ± 0.15b

(58.21)

(60.09)

(100.77)

(119.66)

Polyandrous (n = 47)

1.72 ± 0.11

6.19 ± 0.44

2.83 ± 0.32a*

1.83 ± 0.22b*

(44.79)

(48.29)

(77.74)

(83.99)

Overall

1.88 ± 0.08

6.29 ± 0.28

2.20 ± 0.17

1.34 ± 0.12

(54.01)

(56.84)

(97.44)

(115.02)

  1. ap < 0.05, bp < 0.05