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. 2017 Jul 10;7:5014. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y

Table 2.

Estimated least square means obtained from model predictions (full models given in Tables 3, 4, 5 and 6).

Analysis Response variable Type of model Estimated means
Forest Suburban Urban
Mean Std. error Mean Std. error Mean Std. error
Life history and body mass Lay date Poisson GLM 3.45 (31.46) 0.03 3.32 (27.67) 0.04 3.37 (29.1) 0.03
Clutch size Poisson GLM 2.15 (8.59) 0.06 2.05 (7.75) 0.07 2.02 (7.52) 0.07
Hatch date Poisson GLM 4.03 (56.41) 0.02 3.96 (52.55) 0.03 3.99 (54.23) 0.03
Hatching success Binomial GLM 1.15 (0.76) 0.32 2.12 (0.89) 0.34 0.67 (0.66) 0.30
Fledging success Binomial GLM 5.98 (0.99) 1.26 −1.15 (0.24) 1.05 −6.52 (0.01) 1.31
Number of fledglings Poisson GLM 1.62 (5.06) 0.08 0.97 (2.63) 0.12 −0.97 (0.38) 0.30
Nestling body mass at day 13 LMM 11.36 0.18 9.67 0.26 9.98 0.37
Adult body mass LMM 11.39 0.32 11.14 0.45 11.51 0.33
Caterpillars Total weight LMM 0.013 0.003 0.001 0.003
Total numbers (log) LMM 0.65 (1.92) 0.09 0.06 (1.06) 0.09
Provisioning behaviour Visits per nestling (log) LMM 1.33 (3.74) 0.11 1.36 (3.91) 0.18 1.81 (6.10) 0.11
Total visits per nest LMM 20.22 2.16 13.62 3.34 13.65 2.17
Caterpillar volume (log) LMM 4.90 (134.12) 0.20 4.57 (96.34) 0.30 4.24 (69.49) 0.20
Number of caterpillars LMM 16.96 1.51 7.47 2.33 3.94 1.51
Number of other arthropods (log) LMM 0.86 (2.37) 0.22 0.97 (2.63) 0.35 1.29 (3.63) 0.22
Number of unidentified items LMM 1.66 0.68 3.68 1.12 5.60 0.69
Stable isotopes Eggs δ13C LM −23.70 0.33 −22.59 0.33
Eggs δ15N LM 5.32 0.16 4.84 0.16
Adults δ13C LM −25.60 0.10 −24.94 0.14 −24.89 0.11
Adults δ15N LM 5.86 0.20 5.39 0.29 6.09 0.23
Nestlings δ13C LM −26.60 0.13 −25.85 0.19 −25.83 0.17
Nestlings δ15N LM 5.61 0.16 5.43 0.23 6.81 0.21

For GLMs as well as LMMs in which the response variable was log-transformed, we give both the estimated mean and in brackets the back-transformed mean. The standard errors of those means are not back-transformed.