When to Return to Normal? Temporal Dynamics of Vigilance in Four Situations
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Procedure
2.2. Data Analysis
2.3. Ethical Note
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | F | Df1 | Df2 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
Corrected model | 10.182 | 95 | 256 | <0.001 |
Period | 14.066 | 3 | 256 | <0.001 |
Period × situation | 41.122 | 12 | 256 | <0.001 |
Age class × period × situation | 1.364 | 32 | 256 | 0.100 |
Sex × period × situation | 2.090 | 16 | 256 | 0.009 |
Colour morph × period × situation | 1.128 | 16 | 256 | 0.329 |
Partner colour morph × period × situation | 0.790 | 16 | 256 | 0.696 |
Variables | F | Df1 | Df2 | p |
---|---|---|---|---|
Corrected model | 1.897 | 15 | 70 | 0.038 |
Period | 5.847 | 3 | 70 | 0.001 |
Approach | 3.311 | 1 | 70 | 0.073 |
Period × approach | 0.044 | 3 | 70 | 0.988 |
Age class × period | 1.397 | 8 | 70 | 0.213 |
Best Model | ||||
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Variables | F | Df1 | Df2 | p |
Corrected model | 1.161 | 6 | 81 | 0.336 |
Period | 1.325 | 3 | 81 | 0.272 |
Approach | 0.072 | 1 | 81 | 0.789 |
Period × approach | 0.873 | 2 | 81 | 0.422 |
Second best model | ||||
Corrected model | 4.211 | 10 | 77 | <0.001 |
Period | 1.642 | 3 | 77 | 0.187 |
Approach | 0.494 | 1 | 77 | 0.484 |
Period × approach | 4.087 | 2 | 77 | 0.021 |
Sex × period | 9.213 | 4 | 77 | <0.001 |
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Mettke-Hofmann, C. When to Return to Normal? Temporal Dynamics of Vigilance in Four Situations. Birds 2023, 4, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds4010001
Mettke-Hofmann C. When to Return to Normal? Temporal Dynamics of Vigilance in Four Situations. Birds. 2023; 4(1):1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds4010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleMettke-Hofmann, Claudia. 2023. "When to Return to Normal? Temporal Dynamics of Vigilance in Four Situations" Birds 4, no. 1: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds4010001
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