Table 2.

Overview of the indicators’ descriptive analysis considering climate change categories 1, 2 and 3

Category (Cat.)	Climate change (CC)	CCs conditions’ description	Species	Worst performance RF (a)	Changes in performance (b)
1	Impact (control)	Impact in control conditions comparing both TN and HS: control TN vs. control HS	All species (1)	0.26	+
2	Impact (with treatment (2) )	Impact in treatment conditions comparing both TN and HS	All species	0.15	+++
3	Adaptation	Adaptation effects comparing both experiments in control in HS with treatment in HS	All species	0.14	++

^(a)Relative frequency (%).

^(b)Expressed qualitatively as the level/magnitude of impact (e.g. +, ++ or +++) that influences all species performance (e.g. worst or improved) for all species:+: climate change impacted for the worst the animals’ performance, e.g. low impact on the improvement of the performance; +++: climate change impacted for an improved performance of the animals (highest improvement); ++: climate change impacted towards a better performance of the animals, putting into evidence the adaptive capacity of the animals (intermediate improvement).

⁽¹⁾All species refer to bovine, ovine and caprine.

⁽²⁾Treatment refers to the strategy (e.g. nutritional, mechanical) applied to the animals during experiments to better understand the impact of heat stress and changes on performance of animals.