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Table 3 The effect of study group (LL – low nest density control group, LH – low-high nest density fostered group, HL – high-low nest density fostered group, HH – high nest density control group) and nestling age on blood haemoglobin concentration, as assessed with general linear mixed model fitted (maximum likelihood). The breeding colony and nest identities were used as random factors. Significant variables are shown in bold. The marginal and conditional R2 for the model are 0.062 and 0.520 respectively

From: Density-dependence of nestling immune function and physiological condition in semi-precocial colonial bird: a cross-fostering experiment

Explanatory variable

β coefficient ± standard error

df

t

P

Intercept

81.26 ± 10.22

44.56

7.95

< 0.0001

Study group (LH vs. LL)

5.00 ± 2.63

163.26

1.90

0.06

Study group (HL vs. LL)

7.05 ± 2.61

175.58

2.71

0.01

Study group (HH vs. LL)

2.20 ± 2.73

170.74

0.80

0.42

Study group (HL vs. LH)

2.05 ± 2.68

175.2

0.77

0.44

Study group (HH vs. HL)

−4.86 ± 2.77

188.5

−1.75

0.08

Study group (HH vs. LH)

−2.81 ± 2.71

172.6

− 1.04

0.30

Age

3.52 ± 1.11

333.46

3.18

0.002

Squared age

−0.09 ± 0.03

323.87

−2.65

0.009