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. 2014 Oct 21;9(10):e111180. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111180

Table 4. Model-averaged parameter estimates (estimates of fixed effects included in models with ΔAICci ≤2 with contributions to average weighted by wAICci of model), unconditional standard errors and 95% confidence intervals.

Reproductive parameter Fixed effect Estimate SE 95% CI
Lower Upper
Chicks fledged nesting attempt−1 2009 vs. 2008 0.214 0.177 −0.134 0.562
2010 vs. 2008 0.330 0.165 0.007 0.654
Chicks fledged male−1 season−1 Fed vs. Control × Hatching date −0.275 0.102 −0.475 −0.076
2009 vs. 2008 −0.118 0.179 −0.469 0.233
2010 vs. 2008 0.171 0.171 −0.164 0.505
Chicks fledged female−1 season−1 Fed vs. Control 0.099 0.097 −0.091 0.289
2009 vs. 2008 −0.118 0.179 −0.469 0.233
2010 vs. 2008 0.958 0.845 −0.698 2.615
Clutch size 2010 vs. 2009 0.089 0.123 −0.152 0.330
Log egg volume Hatching date −0.016 0.012 −0.040 0.007
Hatching date Fed vs. Control −2.953 1.107 −5.124 −0.783
Young vs. Old male 1.452 1.175 −0.850 3.755
2009 vs. 2008 −2.159 1.875 −5.834 1.516
2010 vs. 2009 1.459 1.890 −2.245 5.163
Hatching success Hatching date −0.796 0.449 −1.677 0.084
Chick maximum wing chord 8 days old vs. 7 days old 5.604 1.309 3.038 8.170
Fed vs. Control × 2010 vs. 2009 −7.463 2.834 −13.018 −1.908
Nest survival Fed vs. Control 0.826 0.806 −0.754 2.407
Date found −0.129 0.358 −0.831 0.573
Breeding attempts male−1 season−1 Fed vs. Control 2.574 1.146 0.327 4.820
Hatching date −1.083 0.487 −2.036 −0.129
Fed vs. Control × Hatching date −1.173 1.099 −3.326 0.980

Interactions are indicated by x.

Hatching date (1 =  1st May) and date found (date nest discovered; 1 =  1st May) were standardized before being input in models as fixed factors.