Table 1.
Pearson’s partial correlation coefficients (r), controlling for flock, between the cumulative ranging day (relative to first availability) and daily ranging behaviour, before partial depopulation (summer and winter flocks) and between partial and complete depopulation (summer flocks only).
Daily Ranging Behaviour | Cumulative Ranging Day (from First Access to Partial Depopulation) | Cumulative Ranging Day (from Partial Depopulation to Complete Depopulation) | |
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Winter (n = 14 days) | Summer (n = 19 days) | Summer (n = 11 days) | |
Number of chickens that accessed the range | 0.86 *** | 0.94 *** | 0.22 |
Total daily range visits | 0.79 *** | 0.76 *** | 0.06 |
Mean daily visits/individual | 0.65 * | 0.53 * | 0.03 |
Mean duration/visit | 0.76 *** | 0.79 *** | 0.41 |
Note: * and *** indicates significance at p < 0.05 and 0.001 levels respectively.