The effects of food abundance and disturbance on foraging flock patterns of the wintering Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)

Table 2 The effect of food abundance and disturbances on the flock patterns of the Hooded Crane

Periods	Factors	Flock size		Age composition
Periods	Factors	F	p	F	p
Early stage	food abundance	0.394	0.999	9.284	0.000***
	disturbance	0.076	0.999	0.929	0.498
	food abundance × disturbance	0.103	0.902	4.984	0.013*
Middle stage	food abundance	2.678	0.002**	0.631	0.935
	disturbance	4.502	0.006**	1.135	0.360
	food abundance × disturbance	2.824	0.027*	0.842	0.548
Late stage	food abundance	0.207	1.000	1.62	0.041*
	disturbance	0.126	0.996	1.747	0.120
	food abundance × disturbance	0.109	0.990	1.41	0.237
All stages	food abundance	33.512	0.000***	3.498	0.001**
	disturbance	3.944	0.000***	0.919	0.696
	food abundance × disturbance	5.698	0.000***	0.574	0.980

Samples: a) at all stages n = 341; b) at the early stage n = 113; c) at the middle stage n = 103; d) at the late stage n = 125. * = p < 0.05; ** = p < 0.01; *** = p < 0.001

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