Table 2.
Kendallʼs rank correlation of climatic variables versus Phortica variegata males referred to the day of sampling
Site | Variable | Valid n | Kendall’s tau b | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
All sites | Day length | 76 | 0.021 | 0.80 |
Maximum temperature | 75 | 0.45 | < 0.0001 | |
Minimum temperature | 75 | 0.40 | < 0.0001 | |
Mean temperature | 75 | 0.43 | < 0.0001 | |
Mean wind speed | 73 | 0.17 | 0.044 | |
Barometric pressure | 76 | − 0.25 | 0.003 | |
Relative humiditya | 55 | − 0.23 | 0.014 | |
Manziana | Day length | 17 | − 0.16 | 0.44 |
Maximum temperature | 16 | 0.30 | 0.15 | |
Minimum temperature | 16 | 0.15 | 0.025 | |
Mean temperature | 16 | 0.34 | 0.10 | |
Mean wind speed | 17 | -0.40 | 0.039 | |
Barometric pressure | 17 | 0.13 | 0.53 | |
Relative humidity | 7 | 0.59 | 0.10 | |
Oliveto Lucano | Day length | 17 | 0.27 | 0.16 |
Maximum temperature | 17 | 0.58 | 0.002 | |
Minimum temperature | 17 | 0.39 | 0.041 | |
Mean temperature | 17 | 0.47 | 0.015 | |
Mean wind speed | 17 | − 0.15 | 0.44 | |
Barometric pressure | 17 | − 0.08 | 0.70 | |
Relative humidity | 17 | − 0.07 | 0.74 | |
El Escorial | Day length | 17 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
Maximum temperature | 17 | 0.57 | 0.002 | |
Minimum temperature | 17 | 0.48 | 0.008 | |
Mean temperature | 17 | 0.59 | 0.001 | |
Mean wind speed | 14 | − 0.16 | 0.47 | |
Barometric pressure | 17 | 0.35 | 0.057 | |
Relative humidity | 16 | − 0.39 | 0.042 | |
New Forest | Day length | 10 | 0.18 | 0.60 |
Maximum temperature | 10 | 0.55 | 0.07 | |
Minimum temperature | 10 | 0.22 | 0.51 | |
Mean temperature | 10 | 0.44 | 0.15 | |
Mean wind speed | 10 | − 0.11 | 0.80 | |
Barometric pressure | 10 | − 0.11 | 0.80 | |
Relative humidity | na | na | na | |
Highland Park | Day length | 15 | 0.24 | 0.25 |
Maximum temperature | 15 | 0.56 | 0.006 | |
Minimum temperature | 15 | 0.76 | 0.0002 | |
Mean temperature | 15 | 0.52 | 0.010 | |
Mean wind speed | 15 | 0.06 | 0.80 | |
Barometric pressure | 15 | − 0.18 | 0.39 | |
Relative humidity | 15 | 0.08 | 0.73 |
aNew Forest data not available
Notes: Day length recorded as % of light in 24 hours; temperature recorded as °C; wind speed recorded as m/s; pressure recorded as hPa; humidity recorded as %. Italic highlights the variables with significant correlations (P-value < 0.05)
Abbreviations: Valid n, records used in the statistics; Kendallʼs tau b, correlation value; P-value, two-sided significance level of the b-statistics; na, data not available