Table 4.

Kruskal–Wallis statistical tests for differences in accumulated degree days and time (24 h days) to weight loss milestones and stage of decomposition between UCT and MRC bodies, for A) summer and B) winter. Values bolded indicate a significant difference where p ≤ 0.05

A. Difference between habitat in summer.
Measure	MRC (1)	UCT (2)	Total (n=3)	H-stat (1)	p-value
ADD25%	78.2	108.69	93.38	1.5	.221
ADD50%	123.5	151.32	137.39	1.5	.221
ADD75%	206.7	236.7	221.68	1.5	.221
ADDend%	648.2	679.48	663.86	1.5	.221
Day25%	2	3.5	2.75	0.0	1.00
Day50%	4	5.5	4.75	1.5	.221
Day75%	8	9	8.5	0.5	.480
Dayend%	27	29	28	0.0	1.00
B. Difference between habitat in winter.
Measure	MRC (1)	UCT (2)	Total (n=3)	H-stat (1)	p-value
ADD25%	330.4	912.3	621.4	1.5	.221
ADD50%	508.0	-	-	-	-
ADD75%	864.0	-	-	-	-
ADDend%	1147.0	1905.7	1526.3	1.5	.221
Day25%	28	67.5	47.75	1.5	.221
Day50%	43	-	-	-	-
Day75%	72	-	-	-	-
Dayend%	91	127	109	1.5	.221

ADD25%  accumulated degree days to 25 percent weight loss, ADD50%  accumulated degree days to 50 percent weight loss, ADD75%  accumulated degree days to 75 percent weight loss, ADDend%  accumulated degree days to final percent weight loss, Day25%  day to 25 percent weight loss, Day50%  day to 50 percent weight loss, Day75%  day to 75 percent weight loss, Dayend%  day to final percent weight loss, ADDfresh  accumulated degree days to fresh stage, ADDearly  accumulated degree days to early decomposition stage, ADDadv  accumulated degree days to advanced decomposition stage, ADDskel accumulated degree days to skeletonisation stage, Dayfresh days to fresh stage, Dayearly  days to early decomposition stage, Dayadv days to advanced decomposition stage, Dayskel days to skeletonisation stage [28]