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Table 5 Effects of plumage colour on male yellow warbler breeding phenology

From: Individual quality explains association between plumage colouration, arrival dates and mate acquisition in yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia)

Term

β

SE

F

P

Term

β

SE

F

P

Revelstoke

    

Inuvik

    

Arrival

    

Arrival

    

Year2010

-7.27

2.78

4.83

0.02

 

-

-

-

-

Year2011

0.85

3.15

   

-

-

-

-

AgeSY

1.18

2.85

3.27

0.07

 

-

-

-

-

Year2010*Age

-

-

-

-

 

2.89

3.27

3.81

0.02

Year2011*Age

-

-

-

-

 

-5.81

3.05

  

Tail chroma

-0.73

0.23

10.02

0.002

 

-

-

2.48

0.12

GC chroma

-

-

2.32

0.13

 

-

-

0.11

0.74

Tail hue

-

-

1.68

0.2

 

-1.19

0.45

6.17

0.01

GC hue

-

-

1.67

0.2

 

-

-

1.36

0.25

Clutch initiation

    

Clutch Initiation

    

Year2010

3.98

1.17

4.54

0.01

 

-

-

-

-

Year2011

1.5

1.39

   

-

-

-

-

Arrival

0.53

0.07

47.3

<0.001

 

-

-

-

-

Year2010*Arrival

-

-

-

-

 

-0.2

0.31

3.01

0.05

Year2011*Arrival

-

-

-

-

 

-0.6

0.29

  

Age

-

-

3.09

0.08

 

-

-

0.32

0.57

Tail chroma

-

-

0.94

0.34

 

-

-

0.12

0.73

GC chroma

-

-

0.83

0.37

 

-

-

0.88

0.35

Tail hue

-

-

0.01

0.92

 

-

-

0

0.99

GC hue

-

-

0

0.96

 

-

-

0.18

0.67

Mate hue

    

Mate Hue

    

Arrival

-0.05

0.02

5.63

0.02

 

-

-

0.19

0.66

Age

-

-

1.94

0.17

 

-

-

1.54

0.22

Tail chroma

-

-

3.03

0.09

 

-

-

0.03

0.86

GC chroma

-

-

3.14

0.09

 

-

-

0.07

0.79

Tail hue

1.23

0.22

31.07

<0.001

 

-

-

0

0.99

GC hue

-

-

0.22

0.64

 

-

-

0.03

0.86

Mate chroma

    

Mate Chroma

    

Arrival

-

-

0.16

0.69

 

-0.39

0.19

4.38

0.04

Age

-

-

1.18

0.28

 

-

-

0.35

0.56

Tail chroma

-

-

0.48

0.49

 

-

-

0.99

0.33

GC chroma

-

-

0.07

0.79

 

-

-

0.02

0.89

Tail hue

6.36

1.71

18.91

<0.001

 

-

-

0.96

0.33

GC hue

-

-

0.04

0.84

 

-

-

1.88

0.17

Mate age

    

Mate Age

    

Arrival

-0.08

0.03

7.59

0.006

 

-

-

0.28

0.6

Age

-

-

0.61

0.43

 

-

-

0.17

0.68

Tail chroma

-

-

0.03

0.86

 

-

-

0.05

0.82

GC chroma

-

-

0.09

0.76

 

-

-

1.25

0.26

Tail hue

0.9

0.46

4.68

0.03

 

-

-

0.22

0.64

GC hue

-

-

0.03

0.87

 

-

-

0.59

0.44

  1. Summary of the effects of basic and alternate plumage colour (Tail and Greater Covert Hue and Chroma) on male arrival date, clutch initiation date, mate colour and age for male yellow warblers breeding in Revelstoke, BC and Inuvik, NWT. Beta values ± standard error are given for significant terms (in bold). All two-way interactions were examined but we present only those that were found to be significant (p < 0.05). Basic plumage colour effects are examined after controlling for other significant terms in the model. Alternate plumage effects are examined after also controlling for basic plumage colour. Hue and Chroma effects are examined independently.