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

Table 6

Influence of proximity of mares to the stallion during oestrus on male mate choice, as assessed by the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

	Simultaneous oestrus frequency	Total oestrus frequency	Total success	Success in oestrus	Oestrus discrimination
	𝑁=9	𝑁=10	𝑁=10	𝑁=10	𝑁=10
Associate	−0.48	−0.28	0.28	0.26	0.34
Neighbour	−0.56	−0.63	0.14	0.15	0.82*
Approaches r	−0.29	−0.19	−0.07	−0.25	0.88*
Approaches g	−0.31	−0.30	0.19	0.20	0.44

r: received from the stallion, g: given to the stallion; *𝑃<.05.