Table 3 Sex differences in daily movement of leopard tortoises for each month, along with weather conditions
Month | Daily distance moved (mean ± SE) in metres | Average temperature (°C) | Total Rainfall (mm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | |||
January | 256.0 ± 11.29 | 292.2 ± 18.99 | 227.5 ± 13.16 | 25.3 | 7.0 |
February | 218.0 ± 9.71 | 200.9 ± 12.97 | 232.3 ± 14.08 | 22.7 | 13.2 |
March | 248.2 ± 9.10 | 240.7 ± 12.40 | 255.6 ± 13.31 | 22.2 | 28.4 |
April | 256.5 ± 9.59 | 291.7 ± 6.00 | 260.1 ± 16.05 | 16.8 | 0.0 |
May | 218.2 ± 8.15 | 208.5 ± 10.14 | 227.8 ± 12.74 | 16.6 | 1.2 |
June | 162.1 ± 4.84 | 175.4 ± 7.08 | 148.9 ± 6.44 | 11.5 | 15.2 |
July | 157.6 ± 4.09 | 165.1 ± 6.23 | 150.0 ± 5.24 | 10.6 | 20.4 |
August | 191.1 ± 6.46 | 212.2 ± 10.30 | 170.5 ± 7.54 | 14.7 | 25.0 |
September | 302.0 ± 14.68 | 371.1 ± 26.15 | 233.0 ± 10.80 | 15.1 | 8.8 |
October | 471.7 ± 20.57 | 624.1 ± 29.74 | 319.3 ± 22.64 | 20.7 | 17.8 |
November | 296.6 ± 14.66 | 390.1 ± 24.41 | 207.2 ± 13.21 | 19.9 | 10.2 |
December | 306.7 ± 14.31 | 349.8 ± 23.02 | 275.4 ± 17.89 | 23.3 | 23.8 |