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. 2008 Jul 15;4(5):468–471. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0266

Table 1.

Results of general linear mixed model showing factors affecting nestling residual body mass and body mass in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) following experimental heating of nest boxes during the incubation period. (Nestlings were cross-fostered on day 3 of the nestling period. Origin refers to treatment (heated versus control) nestlings experienced as eggs; final refers to treatment that feeding females experienced during the nestling period. Effect size is given as partial η2. Numbers in bold indicate p<0.05; numbers in italics indicate p<0.10.)

predictors day 4 day 7 day 10 day 13




residual body mass mass residual body mass mass residual body mass mass residual body mass mass
heating treatment at nest of origin F=5.12 F=5.23 F=6.01 F=5.23 F=1.06 F=0.74 F=0.41 F=0.00
p=0.028 p=0.0028 p=0.018 p=0.027 p=0.31 p=0.39 p=0.52 p=0.96
ηp2=0.33 ηp2=0.53 ηp2=0.29 ηp2=0.25
heating treatment of nest of rearing F=0.55 F=0.62 F=3.01 F=2.77 F=4.88 F=4.77 F=10.32 F=5.16
p=0.046 p=0.43 p=0.09 p=0.10 p=0.03 p=0.04 p=0.002 p=0.03
ηp2=0.20 ηp2=0.17 ηp2=0.37 ηp2=0.25
clutch size F=0.81 F=1.13 F=1.11 F=0.60 F=1.48 F=0.85 F=0.58 F=0.43
p=0.38 p=0.29 p=0.30 p=0.44 p=0.23 p=0.36 p=0.45 p=0.52
female age at origin F=0.01 F=0.39 F=2.33 F=0.50 F=2.61 F=1.99 F=2.09 F=2.71
p=0.90 p=0.53 p=0.13 p=0.48 p=0.13 p=0.17 p=0.15 p=0.11
female age at final box F=0.31 F=0.15 F=2.01 F=1.31 F=0.67 F=0.00 F=0.28 F=0.98
p=0.58 p=0.70 p=0.16 p=0.26 p=0.41 p=0.99 p=0.60 p=0.33
average ambient temperature during incubation F=0.08 F=0.23 F=4.31 F=2.07 F=1.59 F=1.03 F=1.43 F=2.00
p=0.77 p=0.63 p=0.04 p=0.16 p=0.21 p=0.32 p=0.24 p=0.16
ηp2=0.11
insect availability during incubation F=2.88 F=1.40 F=1.88 F=1.32 F=6.48 F=12.03 F=0.55 F=0.00
p=0.09 p=0.24 p=0.18 p=0.26 p=0.01 p=0.001 p=0.47 p=0.96
ηp2=0.17 ηp2=0.18
clutch initiation date F=5.59 F=0.42 F=1.47 F=0.19 F=0.18 F=0.17 F=0.63 F=0.28
p=0.02 p=0.02 p=0.23 p=0.67 p=0.68 p=0.68 p=0.43 p=0.60
ηp2=0.09 ηp2=0.05
nestling measure in previous time period F=0.77 F=1.11 F=2.01 F=1.73 F=1.81 F=1.93
p=0.39 p=0.30 p=0.16 p=0.20 p=0.19 p=0.17
d.f. 1,50 1,50 1,49 1,49 1,49 1,49 1,44 1,44