Table 2. Total plasma protein concentration in relation to the stages of post-juvenile moult and confounding variables in young common snipe migrating through central Poland.

Reduced model R² = 0.41 ( F_10,517 = 35.85, p < 0.001). Significant predictors are marked in bold.

Factor	F	p
Full model
Moult stage	3.46	0.032
Sex	2.30	0.13
Year	7.47	<0.001
Date	1.51	0.22
Hour	9.68	0.002
Reduced model
Moult stage	3.13	0.045
Sex	2.12	0.15
Year	7.54	<0.001
Hour	9.14	0.003