Ecological Archives E085-057-A5

Patrick S. Fitze, Jean Clobert, and Heinz Richner. 2004. Long-term life-history consequences of ectoparasite-modulated growth and development. Ecology 85:2018–2026.

Appendix E. Effect of parasite treatment and treatment of the first recorded brood (treatment 1st) on the first reproduction of recruited nestling Great Tits. The final model, after backward elimination is shown.

 

Clutch size

Number fledglings

 

df

F

P

Variance
explained (%)

df

F

P

Variance
explained (%)

Treatment

1,179

7.59

0.004

3.6 %

1,178

1.18

0.18

0.6 %

Treatment 1st

1,179

1.35

0.15

0.6 %

1,178

9.35

0.002

4.4 %

Year of birth

2,179

1.56

0.32

1.2 %

2,178

0.828

0.44

1.9 %

Brood 1st

1,179

19.32

<0.001

9.1 %

1,178

7.24

0.008

3.4 %

Sex

1,179

2.75

0.10

1.3 %

1,178

2.02

0.16

1.0 %

Treatment 1st × sex

       

1,178

7.15

0.008

3.4 %



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