Table 4 The likelihood that a helper is a male in relation to the age of the dominants

From: Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird

(a) Dominant female

     

(b) Dominant male

  

Variable

Estimate

SE

z

P

 

Estimate

SE

z

P

Intercept

−0.82

0.25

−3.25

0.001

 

−0.62

0.22

−2.77

0.006

Dominant age

−1.07

0.42

−2.54

0.011

 

0.27

0.33

0.82

0.411

Territory quality

0.16

0.36

0.44

0.662

 

0.24

0.35

0.68

0.494

Subordinate age (older)

−1.47

0.36

−4.04

<0.001

 

−1.73

0.36

−4.79

<0.001

Number of subordinates

−0.07

0.36

−0.20

0.841

 

−0.08

0.35

−0.23

0.820

Random

Variance

 

310 Observations

 

Variance

 

309 Observations

Group ID

<0.01

 

271 Groups

 

<0.01

 

270 Groups

Individual ID

0.86

 

156 Individuals

 

0.64

 

162 Individuals

Year

<0.01

 

15 years

 

<0.01

 

15 years

  1. Final models contained all main effects