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Table 1 Relationships between egg size and clutch size, female body mass, laying date, apparent nest survival rate and temperature variables in four populations of two congeneric plovers (PGLMM)

From: The allocation between egg size and clutch size depends on local nest survival rate in a mean of bet-hedging in a shorebird

Parameter

Estimate

SE

Z

P

Egg size (n = 541)

 Intercept

6.983

0.598

11.669

 < 0.001***

  Clutch size

− 0.037

0.062

− 0.587

0.557

  Female body mass

0.047

0.008

6.078

 < 0.001***

  Laying date

0.003

0.003

1.294

0.196

  Ambient temperature

− 0.003

0.014

− 0.227

0.820

  Daily temperature difference

− 0.022

0.020

− 1.079

0.280

  Temperature variance

− 0.420

0.335

− 1.255

0.210

  Apparent nest survival rate

0.371

0.176

2.107

0.035*

  1. The parameter Years was entered as a random factor
  2. Significant relationships are indicated as * P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and *** P < 0.001