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. 2014 Jun 2;9(6):e97898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097898

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.