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Table 1 Results of linear mixed-effect models

From: Untrained birds’ ability to recognise predators with changed body size and colouration in a field experiment

Experiment

Response variable

Predictor variable

df

chi

p

First

Proportion of visits

Focal dummy

4

35.021

 <  < 0.001

  

Non-focal dummy

4

7.829

0.098

  

Focal*non-focal

17

53.567

 < 0.001

  

Bird species

4

28.644

 <  < 0.001

  

Focal*species

16

40.389

 < 0.001

  

Preceding dummy

5

7.896

0.162

  

Feeder ID

1

2.548

0.130

  

Order

7

9.700

0.206

  

Temperature

1

1.515

0.218

  

Snow

1

1.906

0.167

Second

Proportion of visits

Focal dummy

3

7.378

0.061

  

Non-focal dummy

3

3.657

0.301

  

Focal*non-focal

5

35.557

0.035

  

Bird species

4

24.451

 < 0.001

  

Focal*species

12

17.332

0.138

  

Preceding dummy

4

2.551

0.636

  

Feeder ID

1

0.071

0.790

  

Order

1

3.066

0.080

  

Temperature

1

0.824

0.364

  

Snow

1

0.087

0.766

  1. Df refers to the degrees of freedom
  2. Asterisk indicates interaction of predictors
  3. Significant effects are in bold