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Table 2 Characteristics of pups at 30 days of age (weaning)

From: Shifts in energy allocation and reproduction in response to temperature in a small precocial mammal

Temperature condition

Litter #

Body mass (g)

Fat mass (g)

AFM

% fat

RFM

5 °C

1

250.7 ± 27.3

 N = 25

23.6 ± 8.5

 N = 25

9.5

2

242.9 ± 31.3

 N = 38

29.4 ± 12.3

 N = 38

12.1

3

242.0 ± 32.8

 N = 36

28.3 ± 10.1

 N = 36

13.2

15 °C

1

311.8 ± 19.2

 N = 24

46.0 ± 8.3

 N = 24

14.8

2

292.3 ± 38.4

 N = 47

43.7 ± 9.3

 N = 47

15.0

3

294.0 ± 60.2

 N = 38

47.0 ± 20.3

 N = 38

16.0