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Table 2 The effect of food type and amount on breath rate.

From: Parental food provisioning is related to nestling stress response in wild great tit nestlings: implications for the development of personality

Food Type

Age chicks

DF

F

P

spiders

Day 4

1,14.8

0.05

0.82

 

Day 8

1,17.4

1.00

0.33

caterpillars

Day 4

1,16.4

6.28

0.02

 

Day 8

1,18.6

3.60

0.07

weight

Day 14

1,103

0.47

0.50

  1. A linear mixed model was used with nest of origin and nest of rearing as random factors, both nested within cross-foster pair.
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Frontiers in Zoology

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