Table 3. Minimum and maximum day and night egg temperatures of each bird species.
Species | N | Min (°C) | N | Max (°C) | t-statistic | P | |
Cassin's auklets | Day | 11 | 36.7±1.1 | 18 | 38.8±1.6 | −3.8 | <0.001 |
Night | 14 | 37.2±1.3 | 23 | 38.3±1.5 | −2.2 | 0.031 | |
Western gulls | Day | 10 | 38.2±1.5 | 11 | 40.2±1.3 | −3.3 | 0.004 |
Night | 15 | 38.4±1.2 | 15 | 39.8±1.4 | −3.0 | 0.005 | |
Laysan albatrosses | Day | 15 | 37.2±0.9 | 13 | 38.6±1.2 | −3.9 | <0.001 |
Night | 16 | 37.3±0.8 | 16 | 38.8±1.0 | −4.3 | <0.001 |
Shown are the mean ± SD min and max egg temperatures for each species.