Variations in Badger (Meles meles) Sett Microclimate: Differential Cub Survival between Main and Subsidiary Setts, with Implications for Artificial Sett Construction

Table 2

Core internal sett temperature (CIST) in Hill Copse territory in Wytham, 2004.

	Sett ID		HC main	HC flat	HC west	Oblivian	HC esc	KH	GOA	All setts
	Sett type		Main sett	Outlier	Outlier	Outlier	Outlier	Outlier	Outlier
	Slope direction		NW	NW	NW	SW	SW	NW	NW
	Distance from HC main sett (m)			34	65	189	131	207	402
	Hole number		10	3	2	2	2	13	2
	Logger number (external ambient temp/RH logger)		8 (1)	2	1	1	1	8 (1)	1	20 (2)
	Period	n
1	26th February–1st March	10800	1.6	4.1	3.6	1.8	1.9	1.4	4.5	2.2
2	11th–15th March	10800	4.7	5.6	5.3	5.1	4.7	4.9	5.4	5.0
3	25th–29th March	8652	6.1	6.9		5.4		5.8	6.3	6.0
4	8th–12th April	10800	6.6	7.3	7.2	6.1	6.4	6.9	7.3	6.8
5	25th–29th April	9360	9.7	9.3	9.9	8.1	8.4	10.0	10.3	9.5
6	7th–11th May	10366	10.0	9.0	9.7	8.4	8.9	9.7	9.8	9.6
7	21st–25th May	12960	11.0	10.0	11.0	9.7	9.7	10.8	11.3	10.7
8	5th–9th June	13678	13.9	12.6	13.2	11.4	11.4	14.3	14.9	13.7
9	20th–24th June	12066	12.0	11.5	12.3	11.3	11.6	12.3	12.4	12.0
10	5th–9th July	10800	13.2	12.1	12.6	12.0	12.0	12.9	12.8	12.8