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Table 2 Quadratic (above), and cubic (below) regressions

From: Assessment and validation of miniaturized technology for the remote tracking of critically endangered Galápagos pink land iguana (Conolophus marthae)

Dependent variable

Regression equations

R2

p

WSN-1

y = − 98.12 + 582.54x − 536.552

0.973

\(\ll\) 0.001

y = − 67.96 + 399.72x − 177.64x2 − 228.70x3

0.974

\(\ll\) 0.001

WSN-59

y = − 73.69 + 453.70x − 409.54x2

0.950

\(\ll\) 0.001

y = − 57.09 + 353.10x − 212.03x2 − 125.853

0.950

\(\ll\) 0.001

  1. Square regression coefficient is estimated as SSR/SST, corrected for the mean. The dependent variable (y) is temperature as estimated by each different sensor. The independent variable (x) is time. Statistical significance (p val) is shown in the last column