A Spatial Analysis of Serotine Bat (Eptesicus serotinus) Roost Location and Landscape Structure: A Case Study in Sussex, UK
Table 4
Composition of habitats composition at roost density hotspots () and areas of low roost density ().
Median (Mean†)
value
Arable land percentage
31.8%
16.5%
0.0100
Improved grassland percentage
26%
25.4%
0.4577
Unimproved grassland percentage
28.3%
26.7%
0.9018
Urban areas percentage
4.9%
6.5%
0.0200
Deciduous woodland percentage
13.6%
16.8%
0.223
Coniferous woodland percentage
0%
0.2%
<0.0001***
Total woodland percentage
15.209
22.072
0.0069
Arable land number of patches
13.22†
11.6†
0.048*
Improved grassland number of patches
11.13†
11.68†
0.736
Unimproved grassland number of patches
2
3
0.2311
Urban areas number of patches
2
12
<0.0001***
Deciduous woodland number of patches
6
6
0.9303
Coniferous woodland number of patches
0
1
<0.0001***
Total woodland number of patches
6
9
0.0905
Habitat diversity (Shannon Index)
0.2605
0.2592
0.885
Woodland Euclidean average nearest neighbour ratio
1.9176
1.5603
0.0048
Key to symbols: †mean used instead of median. Adjusted using Bonferroni correction for sixteen comparisons between and . is required for ; is required for .
