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Table 2 Per cent use of post-fledging dispersal feeding habitats by juvenile Crested Ibises

From: Post-fledging dispersal and habitat use of a reintroduced population of the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)

Habitat

Post-fledging month

p b

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

(Obs =54)

(Obs = 15)

(Obs = 14)

(Obs = 12)

(Obs =32)

(Obs =50)

(Obs =12)

Mean% (SD)

Mean% (SD)

Mean% (SD)

Mean% (SD)

Mean% (SD)

Mean% (SD)

Mean% (SD)

( na  = 7)

( n  = 12)

( n =12)

( n  = 10)

( n  = 10)

( n  = 10)

( n  = 8)

Paddy fields

55.2(4.3)

35.7(3.7)

30.8(3.1)

30.0(3.2)

54.0(2.0)

71.4(6.7)

100(1.5)

0.015

Shallow riversc

0.0

41.3(19.1)

62.4(26.8)

66.7(22.9)

42.1(2.3)

28.6(1.9)

0.0

0.003

Arid croplands

29.4(3.2)

5.7(0.9)

1.1(0.4)

1.6(0.4)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.891

Grasslands

0.0

15.8(2.3)

1.6(0.5)

1.7(0.7)

3.9(0.4)

0.0

0.0

0.873

Streams c

15.4(3.5)

1.5(0.5)

4.0 (1.2)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

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  1. aNumber of sibling groups observed.
  2. b p-values are based on ANOVA F-tests for linear trends across seven month post-fledging period.
  3. cShallow rivers (≥5 m in width), streams (<5 m in width).