BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL. 38 PT. 11(8)


Table 13. Analysis of variance of home range (minimum convex polygon) for sex (A) and habitat (B) (p=0.05).
MHP = mesic hammock-palmetto understory, MH mesicc hammock-open undenatoy, BSW = bottomland
hardwood swamp.



 Sum- Mean
Variable Df squares Square F-ratio Prob.


A (Sex) 1 0.59 0.59 0.76 0.39
B (Habitat) 2 2.95 1.48 1.90 0.18
AB 2 0.89 0.45 0.58 0.57
Error 18 14.01 0.78
Total 23 18.14


Variable Number Mean (ha) SE


A Sex
 Male 13 0.48 0.25
 Female 11 0.82 0.27

B: Habitat
 BSW 5 0.60 0.39
 MHP 12 1.09 0.25
 MH 7 0.27 0.33

AB: Sex, Habitat
 Male\BSW 2 0.12 0.62
 Male\MHP 8 0.96 0.31
 Male\MH 3 0.35 0.51

 Female\BSW 3 1.07 0.51
 Female\MHP 4 1.22 0.44
 Female\MH 4 0.18 0.44



 Of the dens located, 69% were in an ecotone, between the mesic forest type
and adjacent habitats such as lake fringe habitats. The mean distance to water for
the dens close to lakes was 28 m. Average substrate height was 8.5 m. Average
canopy and midstory cover at den sites was 62% and 68%, respectively. An
ANOVA demonstrated that no significant differences occurred for canopy cover
among the three habitat types, but significant differences occurred for midstory
cover by habitat (p=0.05). The bottomland swamp had the highest mean value for
midstory cover.