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. 2024 Sep 2;12:60. doi: 10.1186/s40462-024-00497-3

Table 1.

The results of linear regression of wing length (lwing) against year by species, including changes between 1964 and 2020 and mean lwing for species which did not show a significant change

Species Migratory Strategy Gradient (m) Intercept (b) Adjusted R² Standard error of residuals F P Mean lwing (mm) Δ lwing (%)
Atricapilla pratensis Full 0.020 39.38 < 0.01 3.18 3.04 0.08 80.11 1.43
Erithacus rubecula Partial 0.004 65.67 < 0.01 2.02 0.58 0.44 73.2 0.29
Oenanthe oenanthe Full 0.171 -238.63 0.32 4.35 22.94 < 0.01 9.91
Phylloscopus collybita Full 0.005 50.59 < 0.01 3.01 0.22 0.63 59.75 0.43
Prunella modularis* Partial 0.029 12.05 < 0.01 2.12 45.21 < 0.01 2.35
Phoenicurus phoenicurus Full -0.012 103.42 0.00 2.40 1.69 0.16 78.76 -0.88
Phylloscopus trochilus Full 0.026 13.69 0.02 3.00 34.14 < 0.01 2.25
Sylvia atricapilla* Full 0.023 28.02 < 0.05 2.02 28.17 < 0.01 1.77
Sylvia borin* Full 0.004 69.46 < 0.01 1.83 0.35 0.06 77.49 0.29
Curruca communis* Full 0.044 -16.43 0.09 2.02 189.30 < 0.01 3.53
Sturnus vulgaris Partial 0.062 6.31 0.06 3.68 8.61 < 0.01 2.71
Turdus iliacus Full (winter) 0.025 68.75 0.01 3.00 11.42 < 0.01 1.19
Turdus merula* Partial 0.010 112.30 < 0.01 2.82 5.643 < 0.05 0.38
Turdus philomelos* Partial 0.054 9.63 0.07 2.64 40.02 < 0.01 2.62
Troglodytes troglodytes Partial 0.009 30.31 < 0.01 1.85 3.37 0.07 48.21 1.05

* Species where regressions were conducted using robust standard errors due to heteroscedasticity