Table 3.
dependent variable | independent variable | d.f. | MS | F | p |
(a) full model | |||||
relative antler size | relative testes size | 1 | 5.689 | 5.453 | 0.0236 |
sperm velocity | 1 | 5.085 | 4.875 | 0.0319 | |
kidney fat index | 1 | 0.133 | 0.128 | 0.7217 | |
population | 6 | 0.528 | 0.506 | 0.8002 | |
residual | 49 | 1.043 | |||
(b) reduced model | |||||
relative antler size | relative testes size | 1 | 13.139 | 13.600 | 0.0004 |
sperm velocity | 1 | 6.947 | 7.192 | 0.0091 | |
residual | 68 | 0.966 |