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Table 9 Proportion of measurements of alignment sampled during 2 hrs-periods (and during the night) and proportion of measurements (from the total) sampled in respective periods under conditions of quiet magnetic field (i.e., with no changes in declination)

From: Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field

Period (time)

Proportion of all observations (%)

Proportion of observations under quiet MF (%)

05:01–07:00

2.2

1.6

07:01–09:00

9.9

12.2

09:01–11:00

26

18.5

11:01–13:00

16.8

6.3

13:01–15:00

11.5

12.8

15:01–17:00

13.6

20.8

17:01–19:00

10.3

5.8

19:01–21:00

7.9

18

21:01–23:00

1.3

2.8

23:01–05:00

0.5

1.2