Table 2. Cohen’s d, 95% CIs and achieved statistical power for post-hatching and adult morphological measures (body mass, wing and tarsus length).
| Contrast | Hatchlings | Adults | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohen’s d | 95% CI | Statistical power (1-β) | Cohen’s d | 95% CI | Statistical power (1-β) | |
| Body mass | ||||||
| CO-T3 | 0.22 | [−0.70 to 1.09] | 0.13 | −0.01 | [−1.23 to 1.05] | 0.05 |
| CO-T4 | 0.17 | [−0.79 to 1.11] | 0.11 | −0.46 | [−1.54 to 0.57] | 0.26 |
| CO-T3T4 | 0.06 | [−1.03 to 1.05] | 0.07 | −0.48 | [−1.61 to 0.48] | 0.28 |
| T3-T4 | −0.09 | [−0.81 to 0.66] | 0.08 | −0.51 | [−1.32 to 0.22] | 0.36 |
| T3-T3T4 | −0.24 | [−1.0 to 0.52] | 0.17 | −0.53 | [−1.28 to 0.19] | 0.40 |
| T4-T3T4 | −0.16 | [−0.80 to 0.49] | 0.13 | −0.01 | [−0.66 to 0.65] | 0.05 |
| Wing length | ||||||
| CO-T3 | −0.41 | [−1.33 to 0.36] | 0.23 | −1.07 | [−2.09 to 0.36] | 0.67 |
| CO-T4 | −0.79 | [−1.62 to 0.10] | 0.57 | −0.72 | [−1.52 to 0.20] | 0.47 |
| CO-T3T4 | −0.56 | [−1.31 to 0.13] | 0.37 | −0.81 | [−1.52 to 0.11] | 0.56 |
| T3-T4 | −0.41 | [−1.09 to 0.31] | 0.31 | 0.12 | [−0.54 to 0.91] | 0.09 |
| T3-T3T4 | −0.20 | [−0.80 to 0.54] | 0.14 | 0.09 | [−0.49 to 0.91] | 0.08 |
| T4-T3T4 | 0.19 | [−0.44 to 0.86] | 0.15 | −0.03 | [−0.67 to 0.62] | 0.06 |
| Tarsus length | ||||||
| CO-T3 | −0.58 | [−1.29 to 0.33] | 0.33 | −0.10 | [−1.25 to 1.08] | 0.07 |
| CO-T4 | −0.88 | [−1.93 to 0.08] | 0.61 | −0.67 | [−1.59 to 0.31] | 0.43 |
| CO-T3T4 | −0.92 | [−2.02 to 0.06] | 0.68 | −0.78 | [−1.73 to 0.09] | 0.54 |
| T3-T4 | 0.01 | [−0.91 to 1.02] | 0.05 | −0.68 | [−1.41 to 0.08] | 0.53 |
| T3-T3T4 | 0.05 | [−0.91 to 1.07] | 0.06 | −0.79 | [−1.44 to -0.11] | 0.67 |
| T4-T3T4 | 0.06 | [−0.69 to 0.79] | 0.07 | −0.11 | [−0.73 to 0.54] | 0.10 |
Note:
95% CIs were calculated by bootstrap resampling with 5,000 resamples. CO = control, T4 (thyroxine) = injection of T4, T3 (triiodothyronine) = injection of T3, T3T4 = injection of T3 and T4.