Table 4 Behavioural variables tested in 492 common voles at 4 seasons
From: Seasonal variation in the behaviour of a short-lived rodent
Latencies (log(s + 1)) | Activity levels | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | Open-field | Barrier-test | Open-field (sqrt(count)) | Barrier-test (cross/min) | ||||||||
Mean | SD | Post-hoc | Mean | SD | Post-hoc | Mean | SD | Post-hoc | Mean | SD | Post-hoc | |
Winter | 2.08 | 0.31 | b | 1.48 | 0.74 | ab | 3.90 | 0.83 | a | 3.53 | 2.61 | ab |
Spring | 1.24 | 0.62 | a | 1.09 | 0.45 | a | 4.75 | 0.71 | b | 3.69 | 1.91 | ab |
Summer | 1.97 | 0.34 | b | 1.17 | 0.59 | a | 4.43 | 0.87 | ab | 3.73 | 2.03 | a |
Autumn | 2.05 | 0.34 | b | 1.42 | 0.50 | b | 4.45 | 0.81 | ab | 2.87 | 3.13 | b |