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

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Table 3 Mean (± SE) behavioral performances and behavioral repeatability (assessed by R value with 95% CI in parenthesis) of eastern bent-wing bats in flight-tent tests.

Behavioral measurements	Trial 1 (n = 215)	Trial 2 (n = 214)	Repeatability
Departure latency^{1*, 2}	237.61 ± 14.56	153.65 ± 13.63	0.67 (0.58, 0.74)
Pass latency^1***	60.78 ± 3.68	76.73 ± 3.44	0.38 (0.26, 0.49)
Percent time flying	70.69 ± 2.76	76.09 ± 2.63	0.58 (0.48, 0.66)
Total circling	35.19 ± 1.42	38.56 ± 1.39	0.64 (0.56, 0.71)
Total pass^2**	2.65 ± 0.28	2.24 ± 0.31	0.59 (0.50, 0.68)
Circling rate^2*	0.33 ± 0.01	0.36 ± 0.01	0.69 (0.62, 0.76)
Pass rate^2***	0.03 ± 0.003	0.02 ± 0.003	0.64 (0.55, 0.72)
Call latency^2*	28.15 ± 6.67	35.50 ± 4.51	0.18 (0.05, 0.31)
Call duration^1**	44.75 ± 3.91	26.60 ± 3.64	0.29 (0.16, 0.41)
Grooming¹	4.39 ± 2.00	1.74 ± 1.03	---³

¹Between-trial and ²between-sex differences, ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001; ³Excluded from the repeatability analysis because the behavior occurred in less than half of the bats tested.

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