Fig. 3: Comparisons in the location of mule deer on the green wave at the start and end of spring migration.
From: Migrating mule deer compensate en route for phenological mismatches
a Despite starting spring migration 30 ± 5 days (x̄ ± 95% CI) ahead peak Instantaneous Rate of Green-up (IRG; dashed horizontal line), early migrants (n = 47 animal-years; purple) ended their spring migration 4 ± 3 days behind peak IRG. b Mid-migrants (n = 58 animal-years; green) were 2 ± 5 days ahead peak IRG at the start of spring migration but 7 ± 3 days behind peak IRG at the end of spring migration. c Although late migrants (n = 47 animal-years; orange) started spring migration 20 ± 5 days behind peak IRG, they ended spring migration 11 ± 4 days behind peak IRG. The boxplots represent the median value of days from peak IRG (horizontal bar). Whiskers extend to the minima (25th percentile – 1.5 * interquartile range) and maxima (75th percentile + 1.5 * interquartile range).
