Encounter Rate (ER) was calculated for each possible male/female pair in a field with the following equation:

Relative Encounter Rate (RER) for each possible male/female pair was calculated with the following equation:

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Encounter Rate (ER) was calculated for each possible male/female pair in a field with the following equation:
Relative Encounter Rate (RER) for each possible male/female pair was calculated with the following equation: