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Table 3 Mean (± SE) time length (sec) spent and values in food exploitation measures (see Table 1) by two fasted and two fed sparrows in 21 sessions of clumped patch distributions

From: Energy state affects exploratory behavior of tree sparrows in a group context under differential food-patch distributions

Variable

Fasted

Fed

F

p

ET

201.9 ± 29.9

102.1 ± 15.8

7.265

0.009

EFT

465.0 ± 55.7

356.4 ± 39.5

8.997

0.004

FC

13.9 ± 1.1

10.8 ± 1.0

2.612

0.111

GFR

0.029 ± 0.003

0.033 ± 0.005

0.549

0.462

FCF‡

16.3 ± 3.8

9.5 ± 2.3

2.610

0.112

  1. ‡One fasted and 3 fed birds from different sessions, respectively, contributed no values to this measurement and were excluded
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Frontiers in Zoology

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