Table 3 Activity time budgets of the Greater White-fronted Goose in each of the three different stages of winter

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

Behavior types	Activity time budgets (%)			Statistical test
Behavior types	Early winter	Middle winter	Late winter	χ²	P
Foraging	41.33 ± 28.08^a	29.09 ± 17.44^a	39.15 ± 11.01^a	0.41	0.566
Alert	3.12 ± 2.47^a	0.29 ± 1.10^a	1.25 ± 0.28^a	2.21	0.338
Social behavior	2.34 ± 1.02^b	3.25 ± 4.21^a	3.11 ± 2.06^a	7.12	0.014
Moving	6.21 ± 3.01^c	10.25 ± 8.01^b	29.00 ± 10.14^a	15.001	0.001
Resting	32.10 ± 11.01^a	41.21 ± 6.08^a	29.54 ± 10.54^a	1.114	0.254

If two stages have the same lowercase letter, they were not statistically significantly different (P > 0.05) according to the Kruskal–Wallis H test

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