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Table 2 Correlations between eggshell colouration and haematological and reproductive traits in first, unmanipulated clutches

From: Haematocrit, eggshell colouration and sexual signaling in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Trait

Mean BGC

N

R

P

Female mass

63

0.27

0.03

Haematocrit

55

−0.16

0.23

Haemoglobin

55

−0.18

0.20

Laying date

63

0.00

0.97

Mean egg mass

63

−0.01

0.95

Clutch size

63

0.01

0.97

  1. Analyses include females that were not observed to produce a replacement clutch. For all traits except for female mass, analyses include female mass as a partial variable in the CORR procedure
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BMC Ecology

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