Fig. 3

Model predictions. Predicted values of a generalized additive mixed model predicting daily mean vaginal temperature from captive female moose plotted against days in relation to the onset of luteal activity (OLA). Black line = the predicted daily mean vaginal temperature over time. Shaded gray ribbon = 95% confidence interval. The colored lines represent the raw data that the model based its predictions on, and each color indicates each moose that contributed to the data (n = 7). Dashed vertical blue line = day 0 for OLA