Table 1. Regional comparison of Ovenbird body measurements and landscape structure. Means and standard deviations are shown.
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Variable |
Alberta (n = 55) |
Québec (n = 89) |
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Body mass (g)† |
16.6 ± 1.4 |
19.2 ± 1.2 |
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Wing length (mm)‡ |
77.9 ± 2.2 |
77.7 ± 2.0 |
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Wing chord (mm) from museum skins§ |
75.9 ± 1.9 |
76.2 ± 1.6 |
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Wing loading index (g/mm) |
0.21 ± 0.02 |
0.25 ± 0.02 |
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Homing time (h; uncensored cases) |
3.41 ± 0.24 |
2.47 ± 0.85 |
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Translocation distance (m) |
2039 ± 337 |
1870 ± 428 |
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Forest cover (%) |
57.5 ± 30.2 |
55.2 ± 28.4 |
| Forest patch density (patches/km²) |
5.0 ± 3.9 |
1.9 ± 1.5 |
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Mean forest patch size (ha) |
55.9 ± 72.7 |
73.6 ± 106.6 |
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Forest edge / forest area (m/ha) |
171 ± 112 |
96 ± 44 |
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Forest edge / landscape area (m/ha) |
65 ± 20 |
42 ± 12 |
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Mean distance to nearest forest patch (m) |
41 ± 13 |
64 ± 40 |
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†Uncorrected for date and time of capture; correction led to the same values.
‡Corrected for measurement method; see Methods for details.
§Alberta: n = 11; Ontario: n = 15.
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