Skip to main content
. 2016 Oct 6;70(11):2595–2610. doi: 10.1111/evo.13071

Table 2.

The effect of sex, age, and status (whether a bird prospected or floated) on whether subordinate Seychelles warblers (A) survived until the next season (only individuals that did not get a breeding position), and (B and C) had a breeding position at the beginning of the next season ((B) only includes individuals that survived and (C) includes all individuals)

  β SE z P
(A) Subordinate survived until next season?
Intercept 0.746 0.221 3.382 <0.001
Sex1 −0.344 0.342 −1.006 0.315
Age2 0.155 0.363 0.426 0.670
Status3
Prospector −0.595 0.506 −1.176 0.240
Floater −2.897 1.081 −2.681 0.007
(B) Survivors—gaining breeding position before next season?
Intercept 0.066 0.176 0.376 0.707
Sex1 0.519 0.273 1.904 0.057
Age2 −0.191 0.290 −0.656 0.512
Status3
Prospector 0.967 0.400 2.419 0.016
Floater 2.860 1.039 2.752 0.006
(C) All individuals—gaining breeding position before next season?
Intercept −0.358 0.133 −2.691 0.007
Sex1 0.349 0.252 1.383 0.167
Age2 −0.191 0.253 −0.754 0.451
Status3
Prospector 0.723 0.325 2.225 0.026
Floater 0.940 0.403 2.332 0.020

See Figure 1 for sample sizes and graphical representation.

1Males relative to females.

2Subadults (5–12 months old) relative to adult subordinates (1–2 years old).

3Prospectors and floaters relative to philopatric individuals.