Table 1. Individual repeatability in timing of key events in the annual cycle of bar-tailed godwits.
Geolocators | All color-banded | |||||||||
Stage | n | r | SE | F | P | n | r | SE | F | P |
Depart breeding | 6 | 0.47 | 0.26 | 2.8 | 0.12 | |||||
Depart Alaska | 8 | 0.77 | 0.11 | 7.8 | 0.005 | |||||
Arrive New Zealand | 8 | 0.77 | 0.11 | 7.7 | 0.005 | 44 | 0.66 | 0.06 | 4.9 | <0.001 |
Start wing molt | 7 | 0.44 | 0.25 | 2.6 | 0.12 | 40 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
Finish pre-basic molt | 8 | 0.37 | 0.25 | 2.2 | 0.15 | 45 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
Finish wing molt | 7 | −0.23 | 0.52 | 0.6 | 0.71 | 34 | 0.55 | 0.09 | 3.5 | <0.001 |
Start pre-breeding molt | 8 | 0.76 | 0.11 | 7.3 | 0.006 | 47 | 0.91 | 0.02 | 20.3 | <0.001 |
Depart New Zealand | 8 | 0.86 | 0.07 | 13.2 | 0.001 | 49 | 0.82 | 0.03 | 10.3 | <0.001 |
Arrive Yellow Sea | 8 | 0.90 | 0.05 | 19.3 | <0.001 | |||||
Depart Yellow Sea | 8 | 0.92 | 0.04 | 24.7 | <0.001 | |||||
Arrive Alaska | 8 | 0.89 | 0.05 | 17.4 | <0.001 | |||||
Arrive breeding | 8 | 0.91 | 0.05 | 21.4 | <0.001 | |||||
First incubation | 7 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 2.1 | 0.18 |
Significant results are indicated in bold.