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Electronic Appendix A: data obtained from the field experiment (Fig. 2a)
Day of experiment: 0 = control day (baseline concentration of faecal corticosterone metabolites), 1-3: days after initial flushing; FCM: concentration of faecal corticosterone metabolites in droppings.
Bird number / Day of experiment / FCM (nmol/kg of dry material)1 / 0 / 1844
1 / 0 / 913
1 / 0 / 861
1 / 0 / 1700
1 / 0 / 981
1 / 0 / 1251
1 / 0 / 848
1 / 0 / 1030
1 / 0 / 1114
1 / 0 / 632
1 / 0 / 315
1 / 0 / 253
1 / 0 / 735
1 / 0 / 1405
1 / 0 / 1050
1 / 0 / 1513
1 / 0 / 575
1 / 0 / 1040
1 / 0 / 642
1 / 0 / 656
1 / 0 / 1001
1 / 0 / 1253
1 / 0 / 278
1 / 0 / 885
1 / 0 / 678
1 / 0 / 635
1 / 0 / 521
1 / 0 / 290
1 / 0 / 852
1 / 0 / 559
1 / 0 / 962
1 / 0 / 508
1 / 0 / 648
1 / 0 / 1108
1 / 1 / 1793
1 / 1 / 757
1 / 1 / 816
1 / 1 / 502
1 / 1 / 1291
1 / 1 / 1447
1 / 1 / 919
1 / 1 / 888
1 / 1 / 2215
1 / 1 / 1535
1 / 1 / 2377
1 / 1 / 1575
1 / 1 / 3168
1 / 1 / 2649
1 / 1 / 2047
1 / 1 / 1853
1 / 1 / 2184
1 / 1 / 2470
1 / 1 / 2310
1 / 1 / 1714
1 / 1 / 1258
1 / 1 / 1922
1 / 1 / 1701
1 / 1 / 1604
1 / 1 / 2242
1 / 1 / 2513
1 / 1 / 2295
1 / 1 / 2491
1 / 1 / 1374
1 / 1 / 2219
1 / 1 / 2061
1 / 1 / 1880
1 / 1 / 2425
1 / 1 / 1700
1 / 2 / 1853
1 / 2 / 1407
1 / 2 / 1555
1 / 2 / 1337
1 / 2 / 1556
1 / 2 / 1508
1 / 2 / 1742
1 / 2 / 1993
1 / 2 / 1349
1 / 2 / 1618
1 / 2 / 1314
1 / 2 / 1909
1 / 2 / 1294
1 / 2 / 978
1 / 2 / 748
1 / 3 / 1801
1 / 3 / 1759
1 / 3 / 834
1 / 3 / 1299
1 / 3 / 1144
1 / 3 / 912
1 / 3 / 1380
1 / 3 / 1394
1 / 3 / 1576
1 / 3 / 1312
1 / 3 / 2238
1 / 3 / 1575
1 / 3 / 1713
1 / 3 / 1404
1 / 3 / 1476
1 / 3 / 1604
1 / 3 / 1284
1 / 3 / 1222
1 / 3 / 818
1 / 3 / 1240
1 / 3 / 1059
1 / 3 / 803
1 / 3 / 2142
1 / 3 / 1782
1 / 3 / 1321
1 / 3 / 1572
1 / 3 / 768
1 / 3 / 1471
1 / 3 / 2400
1 / 3 / 2330
1 / 3 / 1902
1 / 3 / 1431
1 / 3 / 1774
1 / 3 / 1090
1 / 3 / 1784
1 / 3 / 1425
2 / 0 / 1062
2 / 0 / 840
2 / 0 / 854
2 / 0 / 1749
2 / 0 / 1473
2 / 0 / 936
2 / 0 / 1064
2 / 0 / 1375
2 / 0 / 1393
2 / 0 / 466
2 / 0 / 956
2 / 1 / 751
2 / 1 / 1772
2 / 2 / 1354
2 / 2 / 2259
2 / 2 / 1790
2 / 2 / 1970
2 / 2 / 1110
2 / 2 / 2175
2 / 2 / 2408
2 / 2 / 1431
2 / 2 / 619
2 / 2 / 1472
2 / 3 / 1660
2 / 3 / 1336
2 / 3 / 1388
2 / 3 / 1522
2 / 3 / 1469
2 / 3 / 1616
2 / 3 / 747
2 / 3 / 1504
2 / 3 / 1558
3 / 0 / 272
3 / 0 / 340
3 / 0 / 723
3 / 0 / 537
3 / 1 / 244
3 / 1 / 379
3 / 1 / 225
3 / 1 / 35
3 / 1 / 346
3 / 2 / 441
3 / 2 / 476
3 / 2 / 569
3 / 2 / 625
3 / 2 / 621
3 / 2 / 912
3 / 2 / 468
3 / 2 / 62
3 / 2 / 739
3 / 3 / 877
3 / 3 / 496
3 / 3 / 741
3 / 3 / 306
3 / 3 / 806
3 / 3 / 689
3 / 3 / 619
3 / 3 / 771
3 / 3 / 1278
3 / 3 / 1414
3 / 3 / 803
3 / 3 / 1736
3 / 3 / 913