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Table 1 Data for spring litters (n = 640) and summer litters (n = 93) within the two flying squirrel study areas

From: Siberian flying squirrels do not anticipate future resource abundance

 

Vaasa (mean ± SD)

Luoto (mean ± SD)

Spring litters

 No of littersa

n = 404, 18 ± 11 per year

n = 236, 12 ± 6 per year

 Litter sizeb

2.5 ± 0.72

2.5 ± 0.86

 Body massc

58 ± 11 g

60 ± 10 g

Summer litters

 No of litters

n = 70, 3.3 ± 3.5 per year, min 0, max 12

n = 23, 1.2 ± 1.1 per year, min 0, max 4

 Litter sizeb

2.3 ± 0.8

2.6 ± 0.7

 Body massc

54 ± 11 g

59 ± 12 g

Years studied

1992–2014

1993–2014d

  1. aNumber of sites with spring litters and checked to locate the possible summer litter
  2. bMothers with summer litter: 2.48 ± 0.65, n = 88 and Mothers without summer litter: 2.52 ± 0.8, n = 547
  3. cBody mass at capture on average 14th of June for spring litter and 18th of August for summer litter
  4. dLuoto: years 2007 and 2008 omitted due to lack of data