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Table 1 Overview of sample sizes by sex, capture method, and breeding stage during which individuals were caught in the different breeding regions (Africa, Europe, Canary Islands)

From: Baseline and stress-induced levels of corticosterone in male and female Afrotropical and European temperate stonechats during breeding

Region, sex

Capture method

Mating

Incubation

Young

  

Pre-nesting

Egg-laying

Nest-building

 

Nestlings

Fledglings

Africa, males

baited clap net traps

0

0

3

10

12

15

 

STI

18

4

9

16

11

14

Africa, females

baited clap net traps

1

1

6

23

18

17

Europe, males

STI

NA

9

2

31

4

10

Europe, females

baited clap net traps

NA

10

3

7

6

4

Canary Islands, males

baited clap net traps

NA

NA

NA

7

1

5

Canary Islands, females

baited clap net traps

NA

NA

NA

3

1

3

  1. NA indicates non-available data