International Journal of Ecology / 2012 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Effects of Intraguild Predation: Evaluating Resource Competition between Two Canid Species with Apparent Niche Separation Table 3 Comparisons between observed (lower and upper) and predicted canid distributions analyzed using the chi-square goodness-of-fit test [
14 ]. Significant differences between distributions were detected using Bailey simultaneous confidence intervals. Habitats that were avoided were used less frequently than predicted; preferred habitats were used more than predicted.
Habitat Proportion Selection
Lower Upper Predicted Coyotes: observed versus predicted Shrub-steppe 0.0220 0.0385 0.2770 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Grassland 0.3329 0.3788 0.3240 Prefer 6 <0.05 Stable dune 0.2426 0.2849 0.0970 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Greasewood 0.1989 0.2386 0.1560 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Chenopod 0.0920 0.1216 0.0440 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Pickleweed 0.0030 0.0125 0.0290 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Urban 0.0129 0.0262 0.0730 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Mountain Foxes: observed versus predicted Shrub-steppe 0.6250 0.6992 0.2793 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Grassland 0.1915 0.2569 0.3624 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Stable dune 0.0726 0.1232 0.1111 6 >0.05 Greasewood 0.0057 0.0243 0.1251 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Chenopod 0.0000 0.0081 0.0400 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Pickleweed 0.0015 0.0043 0.0290 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Urban 0.0015 0.0043 0.0531 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Grassland Foxes: observed versus predicted Shrub-steppe 0.1622 0.2524 0.2793 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Grassland 0.7181 0.8124 0.3624 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Stable dune 0.0000 0.0165 0.1111 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Greasewood 0.0057 0.0362 0.1251 Avoid 6 <0.05 Chenopod 0.0001 0.0174 0.0400 Avoid 6 <0.05 Pickleweed 0.0030 0.0086 0.0290 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Urban 0.0030 0.0086 0.0531 Avoid 6 >0.05 City Foxes: observed versus predicted Shrub-steppe 0.0023 0.0065 0.2793 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Grassland 0.0182 0.0537 0.3624 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Stable dune 0.0087 0.0367 0.1111 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Greasewood 0.0863 0.1482 0.1251 6 >0.05 Chenopod 0.1099 0.1773 0.0400 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Pickleweed 0.0023 0.0065 0.0290 Avoid 6 <0.001 Urban 0.6430 0.7322 0.0531 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Poverty Foxes: observed versus predicted Shrub-steppe 0.0061 0.0315 0.2793 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Grassland 0.0073 0.0341 0.3624 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Stable dune 0.0693 0.1267 0.1111 6 >0.05 Greasewood 0.0003 0.0146 0.1251 Avoid 6 <0.0001 Chenopod 0.1239 0.1947 0.0400 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Pickleweed 0.5510 0.6458 0.0290 Prefer 6 <0.0001 Urban 0.0804 0.0531 0.0531 Prefer 6 <0.0001