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. 2006 Nov 28;274(1610):697–706. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0092

Table 3.

Models explaining variation in tetanus response in song sparrows. (Nt, Nf and Nm are the total sample sizes of naive individuals, females and males included in final models. There was insufficient variance to include age as an explanatory variable in 2005 (table 1). Variables retained in final models are indicated in bold. Age×f, year×f and year×sex×f interactions were not significant (p>0.35).)

year Nt Nf Nm individual f inter-sample period inter-sample period2 age body condition maternal f paternal f sex sex×f maternal vaccination history year final model
2004 38 18 20 F=9.9 F=7.0 F=5.0 F=2.4 F=0.2 F=0.01 F=0.2 F=5.5 F=4.9 F5,37=5.2
p=0.003 p=0.013 p=0.033 p=0.13 p=0.66 p=0.96 p=0.62 p=0.025 p=0.033 p=0.001
Bf=−7.8 (−13.7–−2.0) R2=0.36
Bm=−1.5 (−5.0–2.1)
B=−3.8 (−6.8–−0.7)
η2=0.24
2005 47 27 20 F=0.5 F=6.1 F=5.9 F=0.01 F=0.10 F=3.5 F=3.3 F=4.4 F=7.8 F7,46=5.5
p=0.49 p=0.018 p=0.020 p=0.93 p=0.77 p=0.071 p=0.076 p=0.044 p=0.008 p<0.001
Bf=−7.2 (−14.9–−0.3) R2=0.41
Bm=3.8 (−5.3–12.9)
B=−4.7 (−8.8–−0.5)
η2=0.12
all data 85 45 40 F=14.9 F=11.1 F=8.8 F=2.4 F=1.1 F=0.2 F=2.8 F=4.8 F=7.5 F=11.4 F=37.2 F8,84=20.8
p<0.001 p=0.001 p=0.004 p=0.13 p=0.29 p=0.67 p=0.10 p=0.031 p=0.008 p=0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
Bf=−7.7 (−12.4–−3.0) R2=0.65
Bm=−1.1 (−4.5–2.3)
B=−4.5 (−7.1–−2.2)
η2=0.16