Stallion Mate Choice and Mare Sexual Behaviour in a Herd of Sorraia Horses (Equus caballus)

Table 4

Influence of mare age and kinship on proximity to the stallion during oestrus, as assessed by the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (𝑁=10).

	Age	Kinship
Associate	−0.89	0.57
Nearest neighbour	−0.38	−0.09
Approaches r	0.02	−0.29
Approaches g	−0.77	0.43

r: received from the stallion, g: given to the stallion.