Ecological Archives E096-085-A3

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Appendix C. List of top models for the effect early life environmental conditions on the annual number of eggs and the annual number of fledglings produced during senescence in barn swallows in Denmark.

Table C1. List of top models for the annual number of eggs produced in relation with early life environmental condition on senescent (i.e. ≥ 4 years of age) barn swallows in Denmark. 128 models form the full set of models performed. 16 models were selected within Delta AICc < 6.0. CS is colony size (i.e. the number of breeding pairs in a given breeding site). Cats are the number of cats at breeding sites the year when swallows were one year old. ALR is age at last reproduction.

Table C2. Estimated variance of random terms of mixed-effects models performed without covariates for the effects of early life environmental conditions on the no. of eggs produced annually for old barn swallows (i.e., age ≥ 4 years of age) from Denmark. Number of observations was 58 taken from 44 different individuals in 11 breeding sites. The variance due to year was negligible.

Table C3. List of top models for the annual number of fledglings produced in relation with early life environmental condition on senescent (i.e. ≥ 4 years of age) barn swallows from Denmark. 256 models form the full set of models performed. 31 models were selected within Delta AICc < 6.0. CS is colony size (i.e. the number of breeding pairs in a given breeding site). Cats are the number of cats at breeding sites the year when swallows were one year old. ALR is age at last reproduction.

Table C4. Estimated variance of random terms of mixed-effects models performed without covariates for the effects of early life environmental conditions on the no. of fledglings produced annually for old barn swallows (i.e., age ≥ 4 years of age) from Denmark. Number of observations was 136 taken from 96 different individuals in 15 breeding sites. The variance due to year was negligible.

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