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Table 2 Range of values recorded at each of the study periods for the different weather variables studied (mean is shown in parentheses); and mean time percentage dedicated to each behavioural category studied

From: Influence of weather on the behaviour of reintroduced Przewalski’s horses in the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area (Mongolia): implications for conservation

 

Summer 2018

Spring 2019

Autumn 2019

WS (m/s)

0–8.4 (3.6)

0–12.9 (3.4)

0–8.8 (2.6)

CW (m/s)

0–7.6 (2.8)

0–12.8 (2.6)

0–8.8 (1.8)

HW (m/s)

−5.1 - 6.9 (0.7)

−8.4 - 7.6 (0.0)

−5.9 - 6.7 (− 0.7)

TP (°C)

16.2–32.5 (23.8)

9.0–29.1 (20.2)

3.1–34.6 (18.4)

WC (°C)

15.3–32.5 (23.8)

5.5–29.1 (19.9)

3.1–27.4 (18.0)

RH (%)

1.9–67.3 (25.5)

0.2–69.7 (20.5)

3.0–67.4 (20.8)

HI (°C)

11.0–36.1 (21.6)

7.7–25.7 (17.7)

4.8–31.0 (16.0)

DP (°C)

−24,6–15.1 (− 0.2)

−50.0 - 10.6 (− 6.7)

−23.2 - 8.5 (− 8.3)

WB (°C)

8.1–19.4 (11.4)

2.1–14.3 (8.2)

0.3–13.3 (6.8)

BP (mb)

820.1–837.7 (829.6)

818.0–842.7 (830.9)

816.3–852.7 (836.5)

AL (m)

1583–1746 (1653)

1524–1767 (1640)

1429–1784 (1586)

DA (m)

2051–2774 (2363)

1738–2566 (2217)

1568–2522 (2085)

Clouds (%)

0–75 (15)

0–100 (18)

0–100 (17)

Feeding (%)

15.3

22.0

36.0

Locomotion (%)

14.0

11.7

8.6

Resting (%)

33.6

31.9

29.1

Social (%)

14.1

7.2

7.2

Other (%)

22.9

27.3

19.1

  1. WS (m/s) windspeed, CW (m/s) crosswind calculation, HW (m/s) headwind/tailwind, TP (°C) temperature, WC (°C) windchill, RH (%) relative humidity, HI (°C) heat stress index, DP (°C) dewpoint temperature, WB (°C) wet bulb temperature, BP (mb) barometric pressure, AL (m) altitude, DA (m) density altitude, clouds (location) = % of cloud cover in the place of observation