Fig. 6

Scatter plot of daily precipitation (a) and temperature (b) for each of the nine study pastures (P1, P2, P3; three pastures per farm) over the entire sampling period. Red dots indicate the mean value for each pasture. Dates indicate the final sampling date for each pasture, so that the temporal changes between pastures can be reflected. Mean daily temperature and precipitation for the whole study period were 15.42 °C and 1.63 mm, respectively. The P-values of the pairwise comparisons are tabulated below the scatter plots. n Number of data points for each pasture