Table 1. The results of GLMs investigating whether maternal body condition influenced a) primary (n = 89) and b) secondary (n = 88) brood sex ratio.
Factor | d.f. Effect | SE | z | P |
a) Primary | ||||
Year | 2 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.84 |
Maternal condition | 1 | 0.19 | −0.17 | 0.86 |
Age | 1 | 0.17 | −0.04 | 0.97 |
Lay date | 1 | 0.02 | 0.64 | 0.52 |
Maternal condition *Year | 2 | 0.38 | 2.75 | 0.006 |
b) Secondary | ||||
Year | 2 | 0.25 | −0.40 | 0.69 |
Maternal condition | 1 | 0.20 | −0.16 | 0.87 |
Age | 1 | 0.16 | −0.05 | 0.96 |
Lay date | 1 | 0.03 | 0.55 | 0.58 |
Maternal condition *Year | 2 | 0.37 | 2.81 | 0.005 |