Fig. 2.

Time of daily activity offset (LS means ± SE) in female (open circles) and male (closed circles) striped skunks relative to the timing of civil dawn during four separate seasonal stages across the annual cycle. Dashed line represents civil dusk time. Positive values (white/daytime) represent activity offset beginning after civil dawn and negative values (gray fill/nighttime) before. Asterisks represent significant differences in activity offset between sexes. Uppercase letters represent significant differences in timing of activity offset for females and lowercase for males, as determined by post hoc tests (P < 0.05).