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Table 4 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 dispersed 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

87.4 ± 32.2

19.3 ± 7.2

32.267

<0.001

EFT

770.1 ± 80.8

445.0 ± 36.5

23.612

<0.001

FC

15.1 ± 1.3

9.0 ± 1.0

8.387

0.005

GFR

0.027 ± 0.004

0.022 ± 0.003

1.613

0.209

FCF‡

46.0 ± 4.3

35.7 ± 4.7

2.029

0.16

  1. ‡One fasted and 5 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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