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Table 2 Number of days that the herders and their yaks, small ruminants and cattle spent on spring and summer pastures in three valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan with family-based herding. Values depict arithmetic mean and standard error of the mean (SEM); n=30 interviewees per valley

From: Constraints and prospects of utilising mountain pastures in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Valley

Sojourn time (d)

Yak

Yak herder

Small ruminants

Small ruminant herder

Cattle

Cattle herder

Spring pastures

 Hopar

49

25

39

15

n.a.

n.a.

 Phandar

48

3

40

19

35

16

 Shimshal

58

21

39

21

39

3

 Mean

52

27

39

18

37

10

 SEM

1.0

1.6

1.0

1.5

1.1

1.9

 P ≤

0.001

0.001

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

0.001

Summer pastures

 Hopar

131

65

120

49

131

44

 Phandar

148

99

119

77

96

65

 Shimshal

107

43

151

40

109

21

 Mean

129

69

130

55

112

43

 SEM

2.5

4.0

2.3

3.3

2.4

3.1

 P ≤

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

0.001

  1. n.a. not applicable, n.s. not significant