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. 2007 Oct 10;2(10):e1027. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001027

Table 2. Effect of inbreeding, the environment (measured with eleven environmental axes) and their interaction on recruitment in the great tit.

Environmental axis Population density Local oak density Female age Male age Local population density Distance to edge Caterpillar lag Yearly quality in fledging mass Winter beech mast Phenotypic CV Yearly quality in recruitment
n = 4365 n = 4322 n = 4345 n = 4325 n = 4304 n = 4340 n = 3711 n = 4365 n = 4365 n = 4365 n = 4365
Inbreeding Wald 5.54 7.78 6.95 7.57 7.58 7.66 5.43 7.75 5.58 6.81 8.05
P 0.019* 0.005** 0.008** 0.006** 0.006** 0.006** 0.020* 0.005** 0.018* 0.009** 0.005**
parameter estimate (S.E.) −1.93 (0.82) −2.19 (0.79) −2.07 (0.79) −2.16 (0.79) −2.20 (0.80) −2.19 (0.79) −2.05 (0.88) −2.42 (0.87) −1.90 (0.81) −2.11 (0.81) −2.37 (0.84)
Environmental axis Wald 53.20 0.13 0.56 5.30 2.94 11.75 0.08 96.98 239.89 366.50 421.70
P <0.001*** 0.713 0.456 0.021* 0.087 <0.001*** 0.783 <0.001*** <0.001*** <0.001*** <0.001***
parameter estimate (S.E.) 0.31 (0.04) −0.02 (0.04) −0.03 (0.03) 0.08 (0.03) 0.07 (0.04) 0.13 (0.04) 0.01 (0.04) 0.36 (0.04) 0.53 (0.03) 0.67 (0.04) 0.73 (0.04)
Inbreeding * Environmental axis Wald 0.24 0.17 1.30 0.32 1.37 2.31 0.11 5.97 0.39 0.54 2.06
P 0.622 0.679 0.255 0.571 0.241 0.128 0.742 0.015* 0.533 0.462 0.152
parameter estimate (S.E.) −0.82 (1.66) −0.64 (1.56) −1.73 (1.52) −0.85 (1.49) −1.85 (1.58) 2.48 (1.63) 0.57(1.72) 3.98 (1.63) −0.99 (1.58) 1.26 (1.71) 2.77 (1.93)
Model: Sector +Clutch size+Egg laying date+… +year +year +year +year +year “egg laying date” excluded from the model

Generalised linear mixed model with Poisson errors, logarithm link and parental identity fitted as random effects.

*

: P<0.05;

**

: P<0.01;

***

: P<0.001.