Table 3.
Body mass (g) of the shrews in the four groups at the three age stages.
| Season | Summer Juveniles | Winter Subadults | Second Summer Adults | Dif. Juv.-Sub.(%) | Dif. Sub.-Ad.(%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| treatment | n | mean ± SE | SD | n | mean ± SE | SD | n | mean ± SE | SD | ||
| constant temperature | 13 | 9.09 ± 0.30 | 1.10 | 12 | 8.45 ± 0.36 | 1.26 | 9 | 7.96 ± 0.38 | 1.13 | −7.0 | −6.2 |
| natural temperature | 12 | 7.51 ± 0.25 | 0.86 | 18 | 6.61 ± 0.17 | 0.75 | 8 | 8.62 ± 0.37 | 1.06 | −12.0 | 23.3 |
| natural late | — | — | — | 8 | 7.54 ± 0.25 | 0.71 | 4 | 8.67 ± 0.67 | 1.34 | — | 13.0 |
| free-ranging | 9 | 8.46 ± 0.21 | 0.64 | 14 | 6.90 ± 0.09 | 0.35 | 8 | 13.64 ± 0.49 | 1.39 | −18.4 | 97.7 |