Table 2 Details of reproductive categories assigned to each female during the period preceding each moult.
From: Reproductive success delays moult phenology in a polar mammal
Reproductive Category | Gave birth? | Attended colony? | Details |
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Early-Parturient | Y | Y | Gave birth before the 25th percentile of the pupping distribution. |
Mid-Parturient | Y | Y | Gave birth between (or on) the 25th and 75th percentile of the pupping distribution. |
Late-Parturient | Y | Y | Gave birth after the 75th percentile of the pupping distribution. |
Attendant Juvenile Female | N | Y | Seen during the breeding season without a pup and never recorded with a pup in any previous year (i.e., no pups produced yet in life). |
Attendant Non-Parturient | N | Y | Seen during the breeding season without a pup but recorded with a pup in any previous year. |
Non-Attendant Adult Female | N* | N | Not seen during the breeding season but recorded with a pup in previous years. |
Non-Attendant Juvenile Female | N* | N | Not seen during the breeding season and never recorded with a pup in previous years. |