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Table 1 Effects of sex and environmental variables on flight and movement characteristics

From: Integrating the influence of weather into mechanistic models of butterfly movement

 

Step speed (m/s)

Inter-flight duration (s)

Flight duration (s)

Displacement rate (m/s)

Distance rate (m/s)

Sex (M)

−0.13*** (± 0.03)

− 1.1*** (± 0.14)

1.19*** (±0.11)

0.11*** (±0.02)

0.175*** (±0.03)

Air temperature (°C)

−0.06• (± 0.03)

0.27• (± 0.16)

0.55*** (±0.13)

0.07** (±0.02)

0.064* (±0.02)

Air temperature2 (°C)

0.001• (± 7 × 10−4)

−0.006 (± 3.6 × 10−3)

−0.02*** (±2.8 × 10− 3)

− 0.002** (±4.7 × 10− 4)

−0.001* (±5.7 × 10− 4)

Solar radiation (Lux)

–

− 1.04 × 10− 5*** (± 1.26 × 10− 6)

1.31 × 10− 6 (±8.99 × 10− 7)

7.28 × 10− 7*** (1.7 × 10− 7)

1.35 × 10− 6*** (1.9 × 10− 7)

DF

142

276

211

233

266

R2

0.17

0.36

0.39

0.24

0.33

  1. Analyses performed using linear models, predictors removed or retained through AIC model selection. • < 0.1, * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. Numbers in parentheses indicate standard error of the estimated coefficients