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Table 2 Wandering albatross airspeed (m/s) as a function of wind speed, relative wind direction, and sex (Eq. 4)

From: Flight speed and performance of the wandering albatross with respect to wind

 

Value

SE

df†

T

p

α f

6.18

0.71

833

8.66

< 0.001

α m - α f

0.88

0.24

44

3.65

0.001

β 1 (W)

0.31

0.09

833

3.43

0.001

β 2 (Wsin(θ))

0.30

0.04

833

8.38

< 0.001

β 3 (Wθ)

−0.11

0.04

833

−2.88

0.004

β 4 (θ)

1.26

0.35

8.33

3.61

< 0.001

  1. † Estimated degrees of freedom
  2. α = mean airspeed of males and females, respectively (m/s)
  3. β = regression coefficients for the specified terms in parentheses
  4. W = wind speed values (m/s)
  5. θ = angles (radians) between wind velocities and air velocities