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Table 2 Pairwise Pearson correlations between potential stress indicators (i.e., LCC-peak, LCC-auc, N:L ratio, cortisol, lactate, heart rate, body temperature, handling score and release score)

From: Quantifying capture stress in free ranging European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

 

LCC-auc

N:L ratio

Cortisol

Lactate

Heart rate

Body temp.

Handling score

Release score

LCC-peak

r = 0.95

P < 0.001

p < 0.001

N = 28

r = 0.33

P = 0.87

p = 0.11

N = 25

r = −0.08

P = 1.00

p = 0.70

N = 27

r = −0.01

P = 1.00

p = 0.95

N = 20

r = 0.14

P = 1.00

p = 0.51

N = 28

r = 0.10

P = 1.00

p = 0.60

N = 28

r = 0.31

P = 1.00

p = 0.88

N = 27

r = −0.16

P = 1.00

p = 0.44

N = 27

LCC-auc

 

r = 0.42

P = 0.30

p = 0.04

N = 25

r = −0.07

P = 1.00

p = 0.75

N = 27

r = 0.07

P = 1.00

p = 0.75

N = 20

r = 0.14

P = 1.00

p = 0.47

N = 28

r = 0.13

P = 1.00

p = 0.51

N = 28

r = 0.08

P = 1.00

p = 0.71

N = 27

r = −0.14

P = 1.00

p = 0.48

N = 27

N:L ratio

  

r = −0.20

P = 1.00

p = 0.34

N = 24

r = 0.20

P = 1.00

p = 0.44

N = 17

r = −0.17

P = 1.00

p = 0.43

N = 25

r = 0.20

P = 1.00

p = 0.34

N = 25

r = 0.15

P = 1.00

p = 0.48

N = 24

r = −0.12

P = 1.00

p = 0.58

N = 24

Cortisol

   

r = 0.22

P = 1.00

p = 0.34

N = 20

r = −0.26

P = 1.00

p = 0.19

N = 27

r = 0.41

P = 0.26

p = 0.03

N = 27

r = 0.04

P = 1.00

p = 0.86

N = 26

r = 0.32

P = 0.94

p = 0.12

N = 26

Lactate

    

r = −0.21

P = 1.00

p = 0.38

N = 20

r < 0.01

P = 1.00

p = 0.98

N = 20

r = 0.39

P = 0.82

p = 0.10

N = 19

r = 0.08

P = 1.00

p = 0.75

N = 19

Heart rate

     

r = −0.19

P = 1.00

p = 0.32

N = 28

r = 0.37

P = 0.46

p = 0.06

N = 27

r = −0.21

P = 1.00

p = 0.28

N = 27

Body temp.

      

r = −0.19

P = 1.00

p = 0.33

N = 27

r = 0.14

P = 1.00

p = 0.48

N = 27

Handling score

       

r = −0.21

P = 1.00

p = 0.30

N = 27

  1. The correlation coefficient (r), the corrected (P) and uncorrected p-values (p), and the sample size (N) are shown
  2. Significant correlations are highlighted bold