Geographical distribution of sheep breeds in Brazil and their relationship with climatic and environmental factors as risk classification for conservation

McManus, Concepta; Hermuche, Potira; Paiva, Samuel Rezende; Ferrugem Moraes, José Carlos; de Melo, Cristiano Barros; Mendes, Clayton

doi:10.1186/2196-288X-1-3

Brazilian Journal of Science and Technology

Table 2 Means of environmental control variables by breed of sheep in Brazil

From: Geographical distribution of sheep breeds in Brazil and their relationship with climatic and environmental factors as risk classification for conservation

Breed	THI	Alt	Precip	NDVI	RH	Temp	Radsol
Bergamácia	79.40^abc	338.08^bcd	0.14^de	0.60	69.85^ab	29.47^ab	809269^abcd
Border Leicester	72.77^def	221.39^cd	0.20^ab	0.62	73.96^a	23.79^f	844277^abcd
Cariri	79.34^abc	291.53^bcd	0.15^bcde	0.61	72.72^a	29.21^abc	779557^d
Crioula	72.10^f	414.08^bcd	0.20^ab	0.63	75.04^a	23.89^f	861944^ab
Corriedale	72.63^ef	211.83^cd	0.20^ab	0.61	73.72^a	24.36^ef	864737^ab
Dorper	78.26^abcde	439.28^bcd	0.16^abcde	0.59	72.13^a	28.4^abcd	818555^abcd
East Friesian	74.55^cdef	1004.17^a	0.20^ab	0.64	70.25^ab	25.88^cde	784693^cd
Hampshire Down	71.99^f	502.62^bc	0.20^ab	0.63	75.17^a	24.02^f	868941^a
Ideal	72.76^ef	270.76^bcd	0.21^a	0.62	73.85^a	24.37^ef	862658^ab
Ilê de France	72.63^ef	493.68^bc	0.20^ab	0.63	74.09^a	24.80^ef	862118^ab
Karakul	72.40^f	257.18^bcd	0.20^ab	0.63	74.50^a	23.98^f	860678^ab
Lacaune	72.72^ef	536.10^bc	0.20^ab	0.65	74.43^a	24.31^ef	862121^ab
Merino	72.66^ef	217.74^cd	0.20^ab	0.59	73.24^a	24.72^ef	854721^abc
Morada Nova	80.81^ab	359.92^bcd	0.15^cd	0.58	70.10^ab	29.90^ab	786324^cd
Poll Dorset	74.55^cdef	522.96^bc	0.19^abcd	0.62	73.97^a	25.84^cdef	843221^abcd
Polypay	71.66^f	105.03^d	0.19^abcd	0.57	74.19^a	23.54^f	876793^a
Rabo Largo	81.93^a	402.24^bcd	0.12^e	0.55	65.32^b	31.49^a	806037^abcd
Romney Marsh	71.54^f	365.06^bcd	0.20^ab	0.61	74.77^a	23.65^f	857168^abc
SAMM	75.92^bcdef	617.32^b	0.18^abcd	0.59	72.28^a	26.78^bcdef	845480^abcd
Santa Inês	78.27^abc	430.47^bcd	0.16^abcde	0.58	71.52^a	28.47^abcd	814794^abcd
Somali	80.64^ab	320.08^bcd	0.14^de	0.60	70.68^ab	29.85^ab	791840^bcd
Suffolk	74.61^cdef	521.03^bc	0.19^abc	0.61	73.66^a	25.74^cdef	853912^bcd
Texel	73.67^def	460.84^bcd	0.20^ab	0.62	74.43^a	25.00^def	854377^bcd
White Dorper	76.96^bcde	528.20^bc	0.17^abcd	0.60	72.67^a	27.52^bcde	820255^abcd

THI temperature and humidity index, Alt altitude (m); Precipitation (mm/day); NDVI normalized difference vegetation index, RH relative humidity, Radsol solar radiation. Numbers followed by different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different (P<0.05) using the Tukey test.

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