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Table 2 Linear (mixed) models of behavioural and morphological traits as a function of diet, sex and their interaction. Parameters are provided with standard errors in parentheses

From: You are what you eat: diet shapes body composition, personality and behavioural stability

 

Exploration

Aggression

Male

mating

activity

Female

mating

activity

Weight

Lipid mass

Fixed effects

Juvenile

diet (J)a

β = 0.10(0.21)

F1,244.7 = 0.21

P = 0.64

β = 0.51(0.21)

F1,224 = 13.48

P < 0.001

β = 0.39(0.17)

F1,102.1 = 13.78

P < 0.001

β = 0.03(0.19)

F1,126.4 = 0.70

P = 0.40

β = 0.82(0.18)

F1,239.4 = 54.81

P < 0.001

β = 1.14(0.24)

F1,233 = 22.00

P < 0.001

Adult

diet (A)b

β = 0.01(0.23)

F1,242.9 = 0.22

P = 0.63

β = 0.17(0.24)

F1,216.2 = 2.06

P = 0.16

β = -0.25(0.21)

F1,111.2 = 1.49

P = 0.23

β = 0.17(0.20)

F1,119.4 = 0.01

P = 0.93

β = 0.80(0.21)

F1,239.1 = 30.39

P < 0.001

β = -0.14(0.26)

F1,233 = 31.34

P < 0.001

Sexc

β = 1.03(0.26)

F1,242.4 = 48.07

P < 0.001

β = 0.43(0.28)

F1,209.2 = 10.72

P < 0.001

NA

NA

β = -0.78(0.23)

F1,239 = 169.97

P < 0.001

β = -0.12(0.15)

F1,233 = 33.39

P < 0.001

J × Ad

β = -0.01(0.28)

F1,244.3 = 1.39

P = 0.24

β = -0.41(0.29)

F1,291.4 = 0.84

P = 0.36

β = 0.14(0.25)

F1,104.3 = 0.29

P = 0.59

β = -0.24(0.24)

F1,125.7 = 1.01

P = 0.32

β = -0.17(0.25)

F1,239.6 = 0.76

P = 0.38

β = -0.62(0.32)

F1,233 = 2.81

P = 0.08

J × Sex

β = -0.43(0.31)

F1,244.1 = 0.19

P = 0.66

β = 0.002(0.33)

F1,220.2 = 1.40

P = 0.24

NA

NA

β = -0.05(0.28)

F1,239.4 = 0.05

P = 0.82

β = -0.75(0.36)

F1,233 = 4.13

P = 0.04

A × Sex

β = -0.53(0.36)

F1,242.7 = 0.17

P = 0.67

β = -0.45(0.37)

F1,214.9 = 0.28

P = 0.60

NA

NA

β = -0.45(0.33)

F1,239 = 5.94

P = 0.02

β = -0.31(0.41)

F1,233 = 0.00

P = 0.95

J × A × Sex

β = 0.63(0.43)

F1,243.9 = 2.09

P = 0.52

β = 0.50(0.45)

F1,213.6 = 1.24

P = 0.27

NA

NA

β = 0.007(0.39)

F1,239.4 = 0.00

P = 0.99

β = 0.47(0.50)

F1,233 = 0.91

P = 0.34

Time of day

β = -0.03(0.01)

F1,776.6 = 6.69

P = 0.01

β = -0.05(0.02)

F1,325.5 = 4.85

P = 0.03

β = -0.05(0.02)

F1,282.3 = 4.55

P = 0.04

β = -0.10(0.03)

F1,298.5 = 14.9

P < 0.001

NA

NA

Testing order

β = -0.02(0.009)

F1,729.9 = 6.81

P = 0.01

β = -0.03(0.02)

F1,293.7 = 3.23

P = 0.08

β = -0.04(0.02)

F1,232.2 = 4.50

P = 0.04

β = 0.006(0.02)

F1,238.1 = 0.08

P = 0.77

β = 0.02(0.005)

F1,239.8 = 10.23

P = 0.002

NA

Shelf

β = -0.01(0.04)

F1,796.5 = 0.02

P = 0.89

β = -0.04(0.08)

F1,396.2 = 0.26

P = 0.60

NA

NA

NA

NA

Intercept

β = -0.41(0.17)

F1,267.5 = 0.72

P = 0.40

β = -0.50(0.18)

F1,255.4 = 0.27

P = 0.60

β = -0.26(0.15)

F1,128 = 0.66

P = 0.42

β = -0.13(0.17)

F1,117.5 = 2.48

P = 0.12

β = -0.45(0.15)

F1,244.8 = 0.49

P = 0.48

β = -0.20(0.20)

F1,233 = 0.00

P = 1.00

Random effects

ID

0.51 (0.06)

0.25 (0.06)

0.14 (0.05)

0.04 (0.05)

0.88 (0.03)

NA

Partner ID

NA

0.20 (0.06)

0.18 (0.06)

0.19 (0.06)

NA

NA

Residual

0.36 (0.02)

0.51 (0.06)

0.66 (0.07)

0.76 (0.08)

0.10 (0.01)

0.71 (0.03)

  1. ajuvenile diet effect (high-carbohydrate diet as the contrast)
  2. badult diet effect (high-carbohydrate diet as the contrast)
  3. csex effect (females as the contrast)
  4. dinteractive effect between juvenile and adult diets
  5. Significant terms are indicated in bold