Table 4 Comparison of reproductive success between divorced males, divorced females and retained pairs in plover populations (GLMM with Poisson error, maintaining individual ID, species and population as random effect variables, χ2 = 39.76, df = 2, P < 0.001, followed by post-hoc pairwise Tukey test).

From: Successful breeding predicts divorce in plovers

Comparison

Estimate

SE

z ratio

P value

Divorced females vs. divorced males

0. 06

0.09

0.62

0.81

Divorced females vs. retained pairs

0.41

0.07

5.92

 < 0.001

Divorced males vs. retained pairs

0.35

0.09

4.06

 < 0.001

  1. SE = standard error. P values < 0.05 are emboldened.
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