Experimental Evaluation of Koala Scat Persistence and Detectability with Implications for Pellet-Based Fauna Census

Table 6

Number of scats remaining at week 1 and week 12 in the different treatments (N = 48 per treatment, see text) and statistical differences between treatments (P values and Mann-Whitney U test statistics, Bonferroni’s adjustment α = 0.004).

		Mean	SD	Min	Max	Rained plot		Cap		Bag
						U	P value	U	P value	U	P value
Week 1	Plot	9.85	0.46	8	10	612.5	<0.001	845.5	0.002	1078.0	0.229
	Rained plot	8.17	2.43	0	10			932.0	0.077	557.0	<0.001
	Cap	8.75	2.37	2	10					781.0	<0.001
	Bag	9.96	0.2	9	10
Week 12	Plot	7.63	2.66	0	10	680.0	<0.001	1055.0	0.467	438.0	<0.001
	Rained plot	5.94	2.75	0	10			643.0	<0.001	93.5	<0.001
	Cap	7.67	3.12	0	10					575.5	<0.001
	Bag	9.75	0.93	5	10

Min: minimum number of scats, max: maximum number of scats.