Table 2. Results of the statistical analyses (ANOVAs) of the effect of photostimulation on first egg laying dates (date at which the first egg of a clutch is laid) of wild great tits (Parus major) in the field experiment.
Subset | Variable | df | Error df | Sum of squares | Mean squares | F | P |
Oosterhout | Treatment * year | 2 | 33 | 1.05 | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.96 |
Oosterhout | Treatment | 2 | 36 | 38.39 | 19.19 | 1.59 | 0.22 |
2009 | Treatment * location | 2 | 30 | 40.35 | 20.18 | 0.96 | 0.39 |
2009 | Treatment | 2 | 33 | 3.02 | 1.51 | 0.06 | 0.94 |
The experiment had three treatments: indoor photostimulated; indoor natural light regime; not taken indoors. The experiment was done in two locations in 2009 and in one location in 2010. We divided the analyses in two; i) only data from the Oosterhout population (2009 and 2010) and ii) only data from 2009, where the experiment was done in Oosterhout and Hoge Veluwe population.