Table 1. Results from linear mixed models on the effects of habitat (coastal or inland), age of animal (adult or juvenile) and tissue (fur, muscle and collagen) on δ13C and δ15N in Icelandic arctic foxes.
Fixed effect | DF | F | P |
δ13C | |||
Habitat | 1, 124 | 101.68 | <0.001 |
Age | 1, 124 | 4.48 | 0.036 |
Tissue | 2, 121 | 168.90 | <0.001 |
Habitat×Age | 1, 124 | 14.87 | <0.001 |
Habitat×Tissue | 2, 121 | 3.33 | 0.039 |
Age×Tissue | 2, 121 | 0.40 | 0.671 |
Habitat×Age×Tissue | 2, 121 | 0.84 | 0.433 |
δ15N | |||
Habitat | 1, 124 | 83.34 | <0.001 |
Age | 1, 124 | 9.38 | 0.003 |
Tissue | 2, 121 | 1.36 | 0.261 |
Habitat×Age | 1, 124 | 17.54 | <0.001 |
Habitat×Tissue | 2, 121 | 1.74 | 0.180 |
Age×Tissue | 2, 121 | 2.71 | 0.071 |
Habitat×Age×Tissue | 2, 121 | 4.01 | 0.021 |