Table 1 Summary of the ANCOVA analysis describing the variation in log transformed kinematic parameters accounted for by group (bird and mammal) and body mass (Mb).
Parameter | Source | Full model | Minimum adequate model | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
d.f. | r 2 | F | P | d.f. | r 2 | F | P | ||
ln(DF) | group | 1 | 0.2 | 90.0 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – |
ln(Mb) | 1 | 0.2 | 59.3 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | |
group-ln(Mb) | 1 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | |
error | 225 | 0.6 | |||||||
ln(fstride) | group | 1 | 0.1 | 33.9 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.1 | 34.0 | 1.9x10−8 |
ln(Mb) | 1 | 0.5 | 226.6 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.5 | 227.5 | 4.9–10−36 | |
group-ln(Mb) | 1 | 4–10−5 | 0.0 | 0.89 | – | – | – | – | |
error | 225 | 0.5 | 226 | 0.5 | |||||
ln(tstance) | group | 1 | 0.1 | 51.8 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.1 | 52.0 | 8.3–10−12 |
ln(Mb) | 1 | 0.5 | 229.5 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.5 | 230.4 | 2.4–10−36 | |
group-ln(Mb) | 1 | 2–10−4 | 0.1 | 0.74 | – | – | – | – | |
error | 225 | 0.4 | 226 | 0.4 | |||||
ln(tswing) | group | 1 | 2–10−3 | 0.8 | 0.37 | 1 | 2–10−3 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
ln(Mb) | 1 | 0.4 | 145.8 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.4 | 143.4 | 0.0 | |
group-ln(Mb) | 1 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.05 | – | – | – | – | |
error | 225 | 0.6 | 226 | 0.6 | |||||
