Research Article

Przewalski’s Horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) Responses to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Flights under Semireserve Conditions: Conservation Implication

Table 2

Comparison of alert height and run away height between age and sex of Przewalski’s horses.

VariablesNumberAlert height (m) ± SEt-testRun away height (m) ±SEt-test

AgeImmature94.67 ± 0.871.22 ± 0.4
Adults5320.58 ± 10.465.18 ± 8.82

SexMales1426.85 ± 18.5211.50 ± 12.61
Females4815.85 ± 6.012.11 ± 0.84

Alert height, height for horse to notice UAVs; run away height, height for horse to move away (means with standard errors). “Number” refers to the number of flights: only one horse was scored when the drone was flown over a herd.