Table 3. Habitat use by eastern diamondback rattlesnakes at the Ordway Preserve, Putnam County, Florida.


 No. Actual
 Total Proportion Observed use Observation- Proportion Bonferroni
Habitat' Area (ha) Available (No. Sites) Days2 Used Intervals Selection3


OF 71 0.170 6 7 0.004 0 <p 0.009
XH 52 0.125 56 299 0.203 0.176 <p-0.231 +
HP 186 0.446 33 174 0.118 0.096 <pO0.140
S/MH 73 0.175 164 742 0.572 0.539 <_pS0.606 +
WP 30 0.072 22 148 0.100 0.080 < p<0.121 +
LM 5 0.012 0 0 0.000 -4


'Habitats are Old Field (OF), High Pine (HP), Xeric Hammock (XH), Swamp Forest-Mesic Hammock (S/MH), Wet Prairie (WP) and Lake Meadow (LM).
'See section on data analysis for explanation of "observation-days."
3Selection indicates whether the expected use fell within (0), below (--), or above (+) the confidence interval (alpha= 0.10) of the observed use derived from
the Bonferonni z stastsic (Byers et al. 1984).
4Confidence interval could not be calculated but avoidance indicated.