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Table 1 Food density at each stage of winter at Shengjin Lake

From: Foraging behavior of the Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) wintering at Shengjin Lake: diet shifts and habitat use

Habitat type

Food density (g/m2)

Statistical test

Early winter

Middle winter

Late winter

χ2

P

Mudflat

19.23 ± 6.78

19.08 ± 1.87

12.21 ± 5.10

3.07

0.21

Meadow

295.64 ± 46.07

595.88 ± 27.08

304.35 ± 136.58

5.98

0.05

Paddy field

110.17 ± 32.40

45.22 ± 20.57

13.83 ± 4.09

8.02

0.018

  1. If P > 0.05, then there was no statistically significant difference, according to the Kruskal–Wallis H test