APPENDIX 1

Table A1.1. Summary statistics for size (in hectares) of home ranges for monitored adult panthers (resident > 1.5 yr) in South Florida for the period 1981–2000. N is the number of monitored panthers, and CV stands for the coefficient of variation.

 
Home range size (ha)
Adult panthers
N
Mean
Std.
error
CV
Minimum
Maximum
Females
31
39,630
4423
62.1
11,169
134,922
Males
19
65,026
6639
44.5
21,799
115,862
Combined
50
49,281
4084
58.6
11,169
134,922
Significantly different at P = 0.05, t = 3.18

 

Table A1.2. Summary statistics for percent forest cover of home ranges for monitored adult panthers (resident > 1.5 yr) in South Florida for the period 1981–2000. N is the number of monitored panthers, and CV stands for the coefficient of variation.

 
Forest cover (%)
Adult panthers
N
Mean
Std.
error
CV
Minimum
Maximum
Females
31
50.23
3.70
41.0
8.34
80.94
Males
19
51.57
2.46
20.8
30.49
69.10
Combined
50
50.74
2.46
34.3
8.34
80.94
Not significantly different at P = 0.05, t = 0.30

 

Table A1.3. Correlations between home range size and forest cover for the data presented in Tables A1.1 and A1.2. N is the number of monitored panthers, r the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.

 
Forest cover
Panther
home ranges
N
r
Significance
levels
Females
31
-0.12
0.53
Males
19
-0.04
0.87
Combined
50
0.06
0.66