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. 2019 Jul 9;16:27. doi: 10.1186/s12983-019-0328-7

Table 1.

Individual repeatability estimates for start time of dawn song (seconds before sunrise) and dawn song repertoire size

Dawn song trait R 95% CI 84% CI Vind Vresid Nind* Nrec** Pperm
Start time all birds 0.41 0.22–0.57 0.27–0.53 0.17 0.18 25 152 0.001
before egg laying 0.67 0.38–0.83 0.48–0.79 0.24 0.11 18 57 0.001
during egg laying 0.31 0.10–0.53 0.14–0.47 0.14 0.22 22 91 0.001
slow explorer 0.36 0.06–0.61 0.13–0.54 0.11 0.15 10 65 0.001
fast explorer 0.59 0.18–0.81 0.29–0.75 0.25 0.14 8 46 0.001
Repertoire size all birds 0.21 0.004–0.33 0.05–0.30 0.08 0.31 25 150 0.001
before egg laying 0.12 0.00–0.32 0.00–0.24 0.04 0.27 17 55 0.17
during egg laying 0.20 0.00–0.37 0.00–0.30 0.08 0.33 22 90 0.03
slow explorer 0.06 0.00–0.22 0.00–0.14 0.02 0.31 10 63 0.15
fast explorer 0.03 0.00–0.19 0.00–0.12 0.01 0.23 8 46 0.23

*Number of individuals, only including individuals with at least two recordings for the given condition **Total number of recordings

Among and within group variance estimates are reported as Vind and Vresid respectively. P-values are based on 1000 permutations. Non-overlapping 84% confidence intervals indicate significant differences between group repeatability estimates. Significant values are highlighted in bold