Table 1. Heritability (h 2 ) of FID and its standard error (SE) estimated from the midparent-midoffspring and mother/father-offspring regressions for urban and rural burrowing owls.
Parent-offspring | Rural | Urban | Total |
---|---|---|---|
h2 | 0.69*** | 0.39** | 0.64**** |
SE | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
n | 15 | 66 | 81 |
rural-urban | rural-total | urban-total | |
z | 1.15 | 0.20 | −1.40 |
P | 0.2501 | 0.8415 | 0.1615 |
father-offspring† | rural | urban | total |
h2 | 0.75** | 0.15ns | 0.43*** |
SE | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
n | 20 | 83 | 103 |
rural-urban | rural-total | urban-total | |
z | 1.40 | 0.78 | −0.97 |
P | 0.1615 | 0.4354 | 0.3320 |
mother-offspring† | rural | urban | total |
h2 | 0.80** | 0.37* | 0.63**** |
SE | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.22 |
n | 20 | 76 | 96 |
rural-urban | rural-total | urban-total | |
z | 0.97 | 0.40 | −0.76 |
P | 0.3320 | 0.6892 | 0.4473 |
father-mother rural | father-mother urban | father-mother | |
z | −0.10 | −0.65 | −0.69 |
P | 0.9203 | 0.5157 | 0.4902 |
Significance of the estimate is shown (****P < 0.0001; ***P < 0.001; **P < 0.01; *P < 0.05; ns: P > 0.05). Heritability values are compared through z-test (z). n: sample size.
†Values corrected for assortative mating: rurban birds = 0.61, rrural birds = 0.72, rall birds = 0.78.