Seasonal change in sexual differences in nestling size and survival: a framework to evaluate sex-dependent environmental sensitivity in the wild

Table 1 Model ranking of the GLMMs according to the AIC

Response	Model	AIC
Nestling body weight	Hatching date^2 + sex + hatching date^2 * sex	3657.2
	Hatching date^2 + sex	3668.2
	Hatching date + sex + hatching date * sex	3691.5
	Hatching date + sex	3694.8
Nestling tarsus length	Hatching date^2 + sex + hatching date^2 * sex	2691.5
	Hatching date^2 + sex	2698.0
	Hatching date + sex + hatching date * sex	2709.8
	Hatching date + sex	2711.4
Nestling wing length	Hatching date^2 + sex + hatching date^2 * sex	7727.4
	Hatching date^2 + sex	7739.2
	Hatching date + sex + hatching date * sex	7741.9
	Hatching date + sex	7742.0
Fledgling sex ratio	Hatching date^2 + hatching date	2074.5
	Hatching date^2	2074.8
	Hatching date^2 + brood size	2075.5
	Hatching date^2 + hatching date + brood size	2076.4
	Null	2076.6

Curvilinear models (including the square of hatching date or/and interaction with sex) and linear models (hatching date or/and interaction with sex) with the lowest AIC value are shown in the table. Covariates in the models are not shown in the body size analyses in this table. All models are shown in Additional file 1: Table S1, Additional file 2: Table S2, Additional file 3: Table S3, Additional file 4: Table S4

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