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Table 3 Chi-square statistic and statistical significance of the predictors included in the GLMMs fitted to lesser kestrel movement variables at the daily level determined by likelihood ratio tests

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

  

Predictors

Level of Analyses

Response Variables

Sex * Phenological Period

Sex

Phenological Period

GPS Sampling Frequency

Sex * Eldest Chick Age

Eldest Chick Age

Brood Size

Daily

Distance Traveled

18.92 ***

2.87

39.96 ***

46.29 ***

-

-

-

# Foraging Trips

14.95 **

17.98 ***

291.95 ***

3.42

-

-

-

Colony Attendance

24.84 ***

3.14

52.03 ***

3.08

-

-

-

Nestling period (daily)

Distance Traveled

-

2.49

-

5.75

16.06 ***

1.24

0.72

# Foraging Trips

-

8.84 **

-

4.18

5.43 *

5.47 *

1.39

Colony Attendance

-

3.90 *

-

10.30 **

15.86 ***

20.28 ***

0.88

  1. Statistically significant predictors are shown in bold: * p < 0.5, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. – indicates predictor not tested because it was not applicable. Sample size = 244 complete days and 84 complete days at the nestling period