Summary of the fixed effects influencing nestling plasma total antioxidant capacity at the age of 10 and 34 days
| Parameters . | Estimate ± s.e.m. . | d.f. . | F/χ2 . | P . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAC day 10 | ||||
| Egg treatment | 0.07±0.1 | 1,29.4 | 1.44 | 0.24 |
| Sex | 0.14±0.09 | 1,49.3 | 0.01 | 0.93 |
| Egg treatment × sex | –0.28±0.13 | 1,49.6 | 5.23 | 0.026 |
| Brood size | 0.10±0.04 | 1,28.6 | 3.40 | 0.076 |
| Nest | – | 1 | 5.5 | 0.010 |
| TAC day 34 | ||||
| Growth rate | 0.06±0.02 | 1,45.9 | 7.36 | 0.009 |
| Nest | – | 1 | 2.3 | 0.044 |
| Parameters . | Estimate ± s.e.m. . | d.f. . | F/χ2 . | P . |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAC day 10 | ||||
| Egg treatment | 0.07±0.1 | 1,29.4 | 1.44 | 0.24 |
| Sex | 0.14±0.09 | 1,49.3 | 0.01 | 0.93 |
| Egg treatment × sex | –0.28±0.13 | 1,49.6 | 5.23 | 0.026 |
| Brood size | 0.10±0.04 | 1,28.6 | 3.40 | 0.076 |
| Nest | – | 1 | 5.5 | 0.010 |
| TAC day 34 | ||||
| Growth rate | 0.06±0.02 | 1,45.9 | 7.36 | 0.009 |
| Nest | – | 1 | 2.3 | 0.044 |
TAC, total antioxidant capacity
Nest was included as a random factor in the models. Non-significant effects(P>0.1) were backward eliminated from the model and are thus not included in the table. For fixed effects, the test statistic is F;for random effects, it is χ2 (see Materials and methods)