Table 2. Vocal responses of yellow warblers at Churchill to three models presented at the nest during the egg-laying stage (n = 17), and results of Friedman test and associated multiple comparisons.
Model
Response Cowbird Jay Sparrow P

Seet 1.6 ± 1.1 3.1 ± 2.2 0.3 ± 0.3 0.2800
0 (0 - 15) 0 (0 - 35) 0 (0 -5)
Chip 4.3 ± 1.8 10.5 ± 3.1 5.5 ± 2.4 0.2806
0 (0 - 23) 3 (0 - 41) 0 (0 - 38)
Metallic chip 4.4 ± 4.4 1.6 ± 1.6 0 0.6202
0 (0 - 74) 0 (0 - 28) 0
Warble 0 0.1 ± 0.1 0 0.3791
0 0 (0 - 1) 0
Zeep 1.1 ± 0.8 1.2 ± 0.6 1.4 ± 1.1 0.8016
0 (0 - 13) 0 (0 - 7) 0 (0 - 18)
Silent - female a 23.1 ± 2.3 20.4 ± 1.9 23.5 ± 2.2 0.2642
28 (4 - 30) 20 (4 - 30) 27 (3 - 30)
- male 19.3 ± 2.8 16.3 ± 3.0 14.0 ± 3.1 0.3931
19 (13 - 28) 18 (8 - 21) 16 (5 - 19)

Responses are given as mean ± s.e. (top row) and median (range) (bottom row). Conventions as in Table 1.
a Sample sizes for female, n = 17 for all models; male, n = 4 for all models.