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Table 3 Effects and log utility of models. Age or sex of mass for total length and wing length explained by effects of wing length, total length, mass, length of 8th, 9th, 10th primaries

From: Body proportions for the facilitation of walking, running and flying: the case of partridges

 

Mass

Total length

Wing length

 

Effects

Log Utility

Effects

Log Utility

Effects

Log Utility

Adult

 Mass

–

–

0.0001

134.4

0.0001

45.6

 Total length

0.0001

134.4

–

–

0.02

1.8

 Wing length

0.0001

45.6

0.016

1.8

–

–

 10 length

0.0001

5.0

0.34

0.5

0.02

1.7

 9 length

0.31

0.5

0.20

0.7

0.2

0.7

 8 length

0.03

1.5

0.004

2.4

0.001

60.4

Juvenile

 Mass

–

–

0.0001

100.6

0.0001

37.9

 Total length

0.0001

100.6

–

–

0.01

2.0

 Wing length

0.0001

37.9

0.01

2.0

–

–

 10 length

0.01

2.0

0.92

0.04

0.004

2.4

 9 length

0.13

0.9

0.007

2.1

0.003

2.5

 8 length

0.02

1.7

0.005

2.8

0.0001

80.0

Female

 Mass

–

–

0.0001

48.6

0.0001

11.0

 Total length

0.0001

48.7

–

–

0.04

1.4

 Wing length

0.0001

11.0

0.04

1.4

–

–

 10 length

0.25

0.6

0.03

1.5

0.02

1.7

 9 length

0.23

0.6

0.0001

9.0

0.04

1.4

 8 length

0.01

2.0

0.38

0.4

0.001

39.4

Male

 Mass

–

–

0.0001

95.6

0.0001

26.0

 Total length

0.0001

95.6

–

–

0.64

0.2

 Wing length

0.0001

26.0

0.64

0.2

–

–

 10 length

0.49

0.3

0.27

0.6

0.27

0.6

 9 length

0.0001

13.1

0.0001

8.0

0.0001

8.0

 8 length

0.0001

12.7

0.05

1.3

0.05

1.3

  1. Significant results appear in bold type