A Scheme for Evaluating Feral Horse Management Strategies

Table 1

Estimates of the parameter z in (1).

Species	z	Standard error	Coef. of Variation
Red deer 6585	3.89	1.06	0.272
Boar 9428	4.99	5.68	1.138
Gray fox 319	3.78	1.54	0.407
Gray fox 342	1.85	2.13	1.151
Coyote 263	1.93	2.86	1.482
Gray seals Bonner (1975) [4]	11.76	10.37	0.882
Bison Fredin (1984) [5]	0.75	0.47	0.627
Macaque 6068	16.26	25.12	1.545
Beaver 151	0.46	0.8	1.739
Beaver 156	7.43	7.63	1.027
Elephant seals Stewart et al. (1994) [6]	1.86	0.67	0.36
Seneca deer Hesselton et al. (1965) [7]	0.69	0.45	0.652
Badger 78	1.76	4.08	2.29
Fur seals Kenyon et al. (1954) [8]	4.05	3.17	0.783
Blue Springs manatees Eberhardt and O’Shea (1995) [9]	5.08	10.71	2.108
Chinstrap penguins Fraser (pers. commun.)	0.45	2.6	5.778
Gentoo penguins Fraser (pers. commun.)	0.69	1.44	2.087
Polar bear 143	6.13	6.91	1.127
Beaver 156	7.43	7.63	1.02
Coyote 247	6.42	10.74	1.673
Gray fox 328	1.88	2.43	1.293
Boar 9429	1.66	0.99	0.596
Marten 9695	1.2	2.27	1.892
Squirrel 9699	0.98	2.05	2.92
Gray fox 334	0.45	3.48	2.48
Median	1.88