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Table 1 Full model outcomes of non-linear mixed effects models testing the effects of brood size (1, 3 chicks), chick sex (female, male), parental origin (zb vl, vl vl), the two-way interactions brood size x parental origin, brood size x chick sex, and chick sex x parental origin, and three-way interaction brood size x chick sex x parental origin on three growth parameters: A (asymptotic mass), I (inflection point) and K (growth rate)

From: Breeding habitat loss reveals limited foraging flexibility and increases foraging effort in a colonial breeding seabird

Growth parameter

Source of variation

F

d.f.

p

A

brood size

164.975

1758

< 0.0001*

A

chick sex

55.624

1758

< 0.0001*

A

parental origin

17.134

1758

0.9393

A

brood size x parental origin

0.006

1758

0.8843

A

brood size x chick sex

0.021

1758

0.974

A

chick sex x parental origin

0.001

1758

0.36

A

brood size x chick sex x parental origin

0.838

1758

0.6339

I

brood size

9.841

1758

0.0017*

I

chick sex

0.118

1758

0.7313

I

parental origin

7.061

1758

0.0079*

I

brood size x parental origin

5.21

1758

0.0226*

I

brood size x chick sex

0.327

1758

0.5676

I

chick sex x parental origin

1.067

1758

0.3018

I

brood size x chick sex x parental origin

1.08

1758

0.2989

K

brood size

2.067

1758

0.1507

K

chick sex

7.988

1758

0.0048*

K

parental origin

2.371

1758

0.1238

K

brood size x parental origin

4.305

1758

0.0382*

K

brood size x chick sex

0.008

1758

0.9274

K

chick sex x parental origin

0

1758

0.9907

K

brood size x chick sex x parental origin

0.048

1758

0.8265

  1. *Statistically significant