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Table 1 Summary of statistical analyses of lesser kestrel foraging movement variables

From: A few long versus many short foraging trips: different foraging strategies of lesser kestrel sexes during breeding

Level of Analyses

Response Variable

Predictors Tested

Correction Factor

Random Factors

Error Distribution/Link Function

Daily

Distance traveled

Sex * Phenological period,

GPS sampling frequency

Individual, Year,

Breeding colony

Gaussian/Identity

# Foraging trips

Poisson/Logarithmic

Colony attendance

(arcsine-square-root)

Gaussian/Identity

Nestling period (daily)

Distance traveled

Sex * Eldest chick age, Brood size

Gaussian/Identity

# Foraging trips

Poisson/Logarithmic

Colony attendance

(arcsine-square-root)

Gaussian/Identity

Foraging Trip

Duration

(logarithm)

Sex * Phenological period,

Gaussian/Identity

Distance

(logarithm)

Gaussian/Identity

Maximum distance

(logarithm)

Gaussian/Identity

Probability of perching bout

Binomial/Logit

Total perching time

(logarithm)

Gaussian/Identity

Body condition

Body mass

Sex * Day-of-year

Gaussian/Identity

  1. Transformation of response variables is shown in brackets