Candidate models assessing whether male and female Atlantic puffin adult head+bill (HB), wing chord (WC), ratio between bill depth and wing chord (BD:WC), and the ratio between bill area and wing chord (BA:WC) are a function of SST anomaly, mean maximum air temperature, and prey quality fed to chicks.
posted on 2024-01-17, 18:24authored byHeather L. Major, Joy E. Rivers, Quinn B. Carvey, Antony W. Diamond
All data are from Machias Seal Island, 1995–2011. Models were general linear models run using the “nlme” R package in the RStudio environment and include the term Fledge Year as a random effect.