Table 2.
Rainfall versus parasite effects on springbok body condition. Analyses were partitioned into demographic groups because of age and sex variation in body condition (Fig. 4).
| Independent variables |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rain one month prior |
rain two months prior |
strongyles | Strongyloides | Eimeria A | Eimeria B | ||||||||
| Age/sex categories |
β (SE) |
P |
β (SE) |
P |
β (SE) |
P |
β (SE) |
P |
β (SE) |
P |
β (SE) |
P | N |
| juveniles | −0.018 (0.008) |
* | 0.015 (0.008) |
^ | 0.003 (0.024) |
ns | −0.018 (0.016) |
ns | 0.0001 (0.0005) |
ns | 0.010 (0.010) |
ns | 128 |
| yearlings | −0.004 (0.004) |
ns | 0.011 (0.004) |
** | 0.003 (0.011) |
ns | −0.018 (0.014) |
ns | −0.0007 (0.0005) |
ns | −0.018 (0.013) |
ns | 132 |
| adult males | −0.0001 (0.0032) |
ns | 0.007 (0.003) |
* | −0.007 (0.010) |
ns | −0.0007 (0.0080) |
ns | −0.0005 (0.0007) |
ns | 0.003 (0.007) |
ns | 217 |
| adult females | −0.007 (0.004) |
ns | 0.004 (0.003) |
ns | −0.024 (0.008) |
** | −0.002 (0.012) |
ns | 0.001 (0.0009) |
ns | −0.062 (0.048) |
ns | 220 |