“After accounting for bird identity and year using random intercepts, hatching success increased by an estimated 0.123 hatchlings per additional year of age (95% bootstrap confidence interval 0.057–0.194).”
This describes an observational association under the fitted Gaussian linear mixed model, rather than a causal age effect. The diagnostic assessment below is needed before treating this inferential statement as reliable.
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