From: Haematocrit, eggshell colouration and sexual signaling in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Trait | Df | Mean BGC | Treatment | ||
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F | P | F | P | ||
Interval between treatment and day first egg of replacement clutch (days) | 1,25 | 0.00 | 0.96 | 5.53 | 0.03 |
Mean egg mass | 1,25 | 0.38 | 0.54 | 3.26 | 0.08 |
Clutch size | 1,25 | 1.23 | 0.28 | 1.91 | 0.18 |
Female body mass at clutch completion | 1,25 | 0.63 | 0.43 | 0.97 | 0.33 |
Brood size at hatch | 1,25 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.24 | 0.63 |
Hatchling massa | 1,24 | 0.30 | 0.59 | 3.22 | 0.09 |
Maternal provisioning (nest visits per chick) | 1,23 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 4.58 | 0.04 |
Paternal provisioning (nest visits per chick) | 1,23 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.62 |
Total provisioning (nest visits per chick) | 1,23 | 0.59 | 0.45 | 2.04 | 0.17 |
Hct of 17Â day old chicksa | 1,20 | 1.56 | 0.23 | 8.90 | 0.01 |
Hb of 17Â day old chicksa | 1,20 | 5.83 | 0.03 | 1.17 | 0.29 |
Mean tarsus length of 17Â day old chicksa | 1,23 | 4.55 | 0.04 | 0.40 | 0.53 |
Mean mass of 17Â day old chicks1 | 1,23 | 1.18 | 0.29 | 1.15 | 0.29 |
Brood size at fledging | 1,25 | 0.81 | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.75 |