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Table 1 Variation in plasma melatonin concentration

From: Urban-like night illumination reduces melatonin release in European blackbirds (Turdus merula): implications of city life for biological time-keeping of songbirds

 

Winter

Summer

Parameters

Estimate

Lower 95%

Upper 95%

pMCMC

Estimate

Lower 95%

Upper 95%

pMCMC

Intercept

1.15

0.44

1.88

0.002

1.01

0.2

1.81

0.015

treatment

0.3

−0.26

0.88

0.297

−0.32

−0.62

−0.02

0.038

origin

−0.01

−0.25

0.24

0.955

0.12

−0.17

0.42

0.406

time of day

2.76

2.16

3.35

< 0.001

3.5

2.79

4.2

< 0.001

time of day2

−0.46

−0.57

−0.34

< 0.001

−0.64

−0.78

−0.5

< 0.001

treatment * time of day

−0.33

−0.54

−0.12

0.002

    
  1. Models are LMMs. Reference levels: treatment = control group, origin = rural birds. For each parameter we show the estimated mean, the lower and upper 95% CI and the p-value calculated based on MCMC (pMCMC). Non-significant interactions were sequentially removed (empty cells). Significant results are printed in bold.
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