*Between 2013 and 2015, the leukocyte concentration was determined for
79 samples from 34 individuals sampled between two and three times. 23
individuals had two samples in different years and 11 individuals had
three.
**Between 2011 and 2015, the leukocyte counts were determined for 169
blood smears from 52 individuals sampled between two and five times. 18
individuals had two samples in different years, 12 had three, 13 had
four, and 9 individuals had five. 33 individuals were both measured for
leukocyte concentration and leukocyte counts (which corresponds to 75
measurements).
Table 2: Parameter estimates and credible intervals at 95% (CI) for the
selected models testing whether variation in leukocyte concentration or
relative number of each type of leukocytes were explained by age, age at
access to dominance (AAD, i.e. selective appearance) and age at last
observation (ALO, i.e. selective disappearance). Parameters were
obtained from the minimal adequate models. Significant effects (CI which
do not overlap zero) are in bold. “-“ means a parameter not retained
in the model.