Table 4.
Behavioural variables tested in 492 common voles at 4 seasons
| |
Latencies (log(s + 1)) |
Activity levels |
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|
Season |
Open-field |
Barrier-test |
Open-field (sqrt(count)) |
Barrier-test (cross/min) |
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| Mean | SD | Post-hoc | Mean | SD | Post-hoc | Mean | SD | Post-hoc | Mean | SD | Post-hoc | |
| Winter |
2.08 |
0.31 |
b |
1.48 |
0.74 |
ab |
3.90 |
0.83 |
a |
3.53 |
2.61 |
ab |
| Spring |
1.24 |
0.62 |
a |
1.09 |
0.45 |
a |
4.75 |
0.71 |
b |
3.69 |
1.91 |
ab |
| Summer |
1.97 |
0.34 |
b |
1.17 |
0.59 |
a |
4.43 |
0.87 |
ab |
3.73 |
2.03 |
a |
| Autumn | 2.05 | 0.34 | b | 1.42 | 0.50 | b | 4.45 | 0.81 | ab | 2.87 | 3.13 | b |
Descriptives of transformed variables, pairwise post-hoc comparisons (Games-Howell) among seasons, compact letter display: different letters indicate significant differences p < 0.05 among months.