3.3. Effects of ambient temperature and precipitation on the incubation rhythm of Reeves’s Pheasant
For female Reeves’s Pheasants, their nest departures peaked at around 13:00 and nest returning peaked at around 15:00 when the ambient temperature was relatively high during the day (Figure 5a, 5b). Both daily mean temperature and daily precipitation were significantly negatively correlated with recess duration (P < 0.05, Table 3, Figure 5c, 5d), but had no significant effect on recess frequency and nest attendance (P > 0.05, Table 3).
Table 3. The results of generalized linear mixed model analyzing the effects of daily mean temperature and daily precipitation on recess frequency, recess duration and nest attendance