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. 2013 Apr 6;10(81):20121047. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.1047

Table 1.

Summary of statistical tests of orientation behaviour of adult and juvenile birds. Results for all birds (rows 2–5) and divided by time between treatment and departure, i.e. less than or greater than 10 days (rows 7–11), are shown. AC, adult control; AAP, adult anti-parallel pulsed birds; JC, juvenile control; JAP, juvenile anti-parallel pulsed birds. The length of the mean vector (r) and direction (α) are reported. Differences in mean angular direction (Watson–Williams test) and variance around the mean direction (Levene's test) are reported.

treatment n r α (°) Watson–Williams test Levene's test
AC 17 0.872*** 204 F1,33 = 0.119n.s. F1,33 = 23.84**
AAP 18 0.475* 211
JC 18 0.501* 210 F1,28 = 0.129n.s. F1,28 = 1.187n.s.
JAP 12 0.578* 201
AC < 10 11 0.899*** 209 F1,21 = 0.248n.s. F1,21 = 28.917**
AAP < 10 12 0.287n.s. 223
AC > 10 6 0.830** 198 F1,10 = 0.201n.s. F1,10 = 0.034n.s.
AAP > 10 6 0.871** 204
JC < 10 14 0.508* 213 F1,23 = 0.456n.s. F1,23 = 0.116n.s.
JAP < 10 11 0.617* 192

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.

***p < 0.001.

n.s. = p > 0.05.