Table 3. Results from a linear mixed model on the effects of habitat (coastal or inland), age of animal (adult or juvenile) and tissue (fur, muscle and collagen) on the Euclidean distance to group centroids in a 2 dimensional isotope space formed by respective δ13C and δ15N values in Icelandic arctic foxes.
Fixed effect | DF | F | P |
Habitat | 1, 124 | 0.51 | 0.474 |
Age | 1, 124 | 6.57 | 0.012 |
Tissue | 2, 121 | 3.17 | 0.046 |
Habitat×Age | 1, 124 | 15.41 | <0.001 |
Habitat×Tissue | 2, 121 | 1.95 | 0.147 |
Age×Tissue | 2, 121 | 2.94 | 0.057 |
Habitat×Age×Tissue | 2, 121 | 1.37 | 0.259 |
These distances can be interpreted as a measure of population wide isotope niche breadth.