Table 2.

Timing of breeding explained by the model with the lowest BIC, consisting of spring temperature (temp), altitude (alt), distance from the coast (dist), population density (dens), the territory quality variables overall mean occupancy rate (tocc) and brood size (tbrood) in the white-throated dipper in Lyngdalselva 1978–2011.

Fixed effects	Estimate	t
intercept	152.00	24.1
temp	−4.76	−9.6
alt	0.03	8.4
dist	0.0001	1.9
dens	−0.18	−2.5
tocc	0.07	1.8
tbrood	−6.76	−4.5
dist x dens	0.000001	1.7
tocc x dens	−0.0010	−2.4
tbrood x dens	0.06	3.3