Influence of Moon Luminosity, Seasonality, Sex and Weather Conditions on the Activity Levels of the Nocturnal Javan Slow Loris
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site and Subjects
2.2. Data Collection and Processing
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Variable | Category | N | Mean Score | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 575,394 | 121.4 | 120.9–121.8 |
Male | 441,172 | 127.0 | 126.4–127.5 | |
Hour | 18:00–6:00 | 507,438 | 227.7 | 227.1–228.2 |
6:00–18:00 | 507,438 | 19.6 | 19.4–19.9 | |
Humidity | >90% | 555,272 | 162.8 | 162.3–163.3 |
≤90% | 461,294 | 76.9 | 76.4–77.3 | |
Julian date | 330–100 | 323,459 | 128.7 | 128.0–129.4 |
150–220 | 161,432 | 156.3 | 155.3–157.4 | |
101–149 and 221–329 | 531,675 | 110.9 | 110.4–111.4 | |
Luminosity | ≤0.2 | 618,479 | 129.5 | 129.0–130.0 |
>0.2 | 398,087 | 114.9 | 114.4–115.5 |
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Response Variable | Predictor | Estimate ± Std. Error | t-Value | p | Smooth Term | p | |
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Edf | F | ||||||
Activity level | Intercept | 3.99 ± 0.04 | 90.8 * | <0.001 | |||
Sex a | 0.18 ± 0.06 | 2.9 * | 0.004 | ||||
s(hour) | 8.0 | 51075.6 * | <0.001 | ||||
s(humidity) | 1.6 | 19.8 * | <0.001 | ||||
s(individuals) | 9.9 | 503.3 * | <0.001 | ||||
s(julian date) | 7.9 | 38975.0 * | <0.001 | ||||
s(luminosity) | 3.0 | 603.1 * | <0.001 | ||||
s(temperature) | 8.4 | 155.9 * | <0.001 |
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Campera, M.; Balestri, M.; Stewart, A.N.; Nekaris, K.A.I. Influence of Moon Luminosity, Seasonality, Sex and Weather Conditions on the Activity Levels of the Nocturnal Javan Slow Loris. Ecologies 2022, 3, 257-266. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030020
Campera M, Balestri M, Stewart AN, Nekaris KAI. Influence of Moon Luminosity, Seasonality, Sex and Weather Conditions on the Activity Levels of the Nocturnal Javan Slow Loris. Ecologies. 2022; 3(3):257-266. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030020
Chicago/Turabian StyleCampera, Marco, Michela Balestri, Aria N. Stewart, and K. A. I. Nekaris. 2022. "Influence of Moon Luminosity, Seasonality, Sex and Weather Conditions on the Activity Levels of the Nocturnal Javan Slow Loris" Ecologies 3, no. 3: 257-266. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3030020