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

Han, Chang S.; Dingemanse, Niels J.

doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0852-4

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Table 3 Diet effects on variance components (V_I, among-individual variance; V_R, within-individual variance; V_P, total phenotypic variance) and repeatability (R) of exploration, aggression, mating activity, weight and lipid mass)

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

						Males
		Exploration		Aggression		Mating activity		Weight		Lipid mass
	Diet effect	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P
V_I	Juvenile	0.66₁	0.42	0.06₁	0.80	1.69₁	0.19	3.74 ₁	0.05	NA	NA
	Adult	0.00₁	1.00	0.23₁	0.63	2.17₁	0.14	1.81₁	0.18	NA	NA
	Combined	0.68₃	0.88	1.05₃	0.79	9.03 ₃	0.03	5.03₃	0.17	NA	NA
V_R	Juvenile	1.26₁	0.26	4.68 ₁	0.03	0.12₁	0.73	1.34₁	0.25	NA	NA
	Adult	0.50₁	0.48	0.04₁	0.85	0.88₁	0.35	2.87₁	0.09	NA	NA
	Combined	2.22₃	0.53	6.86₃	0.08	2.48₃	0.48	5.64₃	0.13	NA	NA
V_P	Juvenile	3.60₁	0.06	6.72 ₁	0.01	3.44₁	0.06	13.2 ₁	<0.001	8.64 ₁	<0.001
	Adult	0.08₁	0.78	2.36₁	0.12	0.20₁	0.65	2.96₁	0.09	8.96 ₁	<0.001
	Combined	3.84₃	0.28	10.74 ₃	0.01	4.08₃	0.25	20.24 ₃	<0.001	17.32 ₃	<0.001
R	Juvenile	0.002₁	0.96	1.32₁	0.25	0.77₁	0.38	0.00₁	1.00	NA	NA
	Adult	0.01₁	0.92	0.03₁	0.87	1.99₁	0.16	0.02₁	0.89	NA	NA
	Combined	0.05₃	1.00	1.49₃	0.69	4.45₃	0.22	0.02₃	1.00	NA	NA
						Females
		Exploration		Aggression		Mating activity		Weight		Lipid mass
	Diet effect	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P	χ² _df	P
V_I	Juvenile	0.04₁	0.84	1.18₁	0.28	0.76₁	0.38	0.08₁	0.78	NA	NA
	Adult	1.16₁	0.28	1.05₁	0.31	1.94₁	0.16	1.63₁	0.20	NA	NA
	Combined	1.24₃	0.74	1.78₃	0.62	2.64₃	0.45	2.84₃	0.42	NA	NA
V_R	Juvenile	1.76₁	0.18	2.70₁	0.10	0.54₁	0.46	0.47₁	0.49	NA	NA
	Adult	0.34₁	0.56	0.44₁	0.51	0.40₁	0.53	6.94 ₁	0.01	NA	NA
	Combined	5.66₃	0.13	3.51₃	0.32	0.00₃	1.00	8.20 ₃	0.04	NA	NA
V_P	Juvenile	0.24₁	0.62	14.58 ₁	0.001	1.08₁	0.30	0.06₁	0.81	50.64 ₁	0.001
	Adult	0.84₁	0.36	2.96₁	0.09	0.14₁	0.71	5.18 ₁	0.02	36.84 ₁	0.001
	Combined	1.58₃	0.66	20.24 ₃	0.001	1.56₃	0.67	9.10 ₃	0.03	71.8 ₃	0.001
R	Juvenile	0.11₁	0.74	0.40₁	0.53	0.53₁	0.47	0.00₁	1.00	NA	NA
	Adult	0.98₁	0.32	0.92₁	0.34	2.51₁	0.11	0.06₁	0.81	NA	NA
	Combined	1.13₃	0.77	1.24₃	0.74	2.96₃	0.40	0.10₃	0.99	NA	NA

χ²-values were derived from likelihood ratio tests (see Methods)
Significant effects are indicated in bold

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