Table 1 (A) Brood size before and after manipulation, (B) hatching date across treatments
(A) | Brood size | Before manipulation (mean ± SD) | After manipulation (mean ± SD) |
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Enlarged broods (E) | 7.700 ± 1.61 | 9.650 ± 1.309 |
|  | Reduced broods (R) | 8.375 ± 1.637 | 6.375 ± 1.637 |
|  | Control broods (C) | 7.565 ± 1.805 | 7.565 ± 1.805 |
|  | Unmanipulated broods | 7.810 ± 2.112 | na |
|  | ANOVA | F3 = 0.987, p = 0.403 | |
(B) | Hatching date | Mean ± SD |
|---|---|---|
|  | Enlarged broods (E) | 58.60 ± 5.77 |
|  | Reduced broods (R) | 59.83 ± 6.41 |
|  | Control broods (C) | 58.74 ± 5.34 |
|  | Unmanipulated broods | 63.81 ± 4.79 |
(B) | Tukey’s post-hoc for between-group comparisons Average hatching date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | ANOVA | F3 = 3.964, p = 0.011* | |||
| Â | Contrasts | Estimate | SE | t.ratio | p |
| Â | COU-C | 5.070 | 1.70 | 2.983 | 0.019* |
| Â | COU-E | 5.210 | 1.76 | 2.961 | 0.020* |
| Â | COU-R | 3.976 | 1.68 | 2.363 | 0.092 |
| Â | C-E | 0.139 | 1.72 | 0.081 | 0.100 |
|  | C-R | − 1.094 | 1.64 | − 0.666 | 0.910 |
|  | E-R | − 1.233 | 1.70 | − 0.723 | 0.888 |