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Figure 3

From: Heavy rainfall triggers increased nocturnal flight in desert populations of the Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)

Figure 3

Data revealing how distribution of locations visited by Pacific black duck during daytime and night differ markedly. All data here from AA ecosystem. Panel A shows the O-ring statistic plotted against distance from the release point, and so describes the average density of GPS fixes at a distance70. As indicated by divergence above the shaded confidence envelope, the night-time point pattern is more dispersed than the daytime one; this occurs both at 2–24 km and 32–48 km (n = 23.2 k GPS fixes). Panels B and C each show data from an individual Pacific black duck revealing, in accordance with panel A, that daytime locations (pink) are less dispersed than night-time locations (blue).

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