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Table 1 Mean (± SE) behavioral performances and behavioral repeatability (assessed by R value with 95% CI in parenthesis) of eastern bent-wing bats in hole-board box tests.

From: Context-specific variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats

Behavioral measurements

Trial 1 (n = 217)

Trial 2 (n = 216)

Repeatability

Emergence latency

249.22 ± 14.90

214.97 ± 14.52

0.24 (0.11, 0.35)

Percent time climbing

14.92 ± 1.05

14.56 ± 1.05

0.12 (0, 0.24)

Distance climbed

199.13 ± 17.74

199.57 ± 25.31

0.18 (0.05, 0.31)

Area climbed1**

604.89 ± 47.72

649.63 ± 50.23

0.54 (0.44, 0.62)

Climbing speed

1.77 ± 0.10

1.90 ± 0.11

0.27 (0.14, 0.39)

Climbing efficiency

1.99 ± 0.12

1.93 ± 0.12

0.11 (0, 0.24)

Head-dipping

0.04 ± 0.02

0.07 ± 0.02

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Grooming

21.14 ± 3.48

15.85 ± 3.20

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  1. 1Between-sex difference, **p < 0.01; 2 Excluded from the repeatability analysis because the behavior occurred in less than half of the bats tested.