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Table 2 Clutch sizes, sample sizes of nests and nestlings for growth measurements, and sample sizes of nests and nestlings for immune function of Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea in South Kinangop, North Kinangop and Kedong, three Kenyan locations with a gradient in climatic conditions, during January 2011 to March 2014. Nestlings normally fledged at day 10 or within one or few days thereafter

From: Geographical and temporal variation in environmental conditions affects nestling growth but not immune function in a year-round breeding equatorial lark

 

Clutch size

Number of nests for growth (number of nestlings)

Number of nests for immune indices (number of nestlings)

Location

Mean ± sd

Range (number of nests)

Day 1

Day 4

Day 7

Day 10

Day 10

South Kinangop

1.8 ± 0.39

1–2 (62)

13a (19)

11 (17)

12 (18)

9 (14)

9 (14)

North Kinangop

1.9 ± 0.33

1–2 (49)

8 (14)

10 (18)

8 (14)

10 (17)

9 (15)

Kedong

1.9 ± 0.35

1–3 (133)

23 (44)

19 (36)

15 (29)

11b (19b)

12 (18)

  1. anumber of nests for mass = 12
  2. bnumber of nests for wing = 10; number of nestlings for wing = 18