HAYSMITH: NEOTOMA F. FLORIDANA IN NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA


Table 16. Percentages ofwoodrat den plant substate types.


 Plant species N Percentage


 Fetterbush 11 29.7
 (Lyonia lucida)
 Oak log 9 24.3
 (Quercus spp.)
 Saw-palmetto 8 21.6
 (Serenoa repens)
 Swamp bay 2 5.4
 (Persea palustris)
 Water oak 2 5.4
 (Quercus nigra)
 Live oak 1 2.7
 (Quercus virginiana)
 Black gum 1 2.7
 (Nyssa sylvatica)
 Wax myrtle 1 2.7
 (Myrica cerfera)
 Sweet gum 1 2.7
 (Liquidambar styracflua)
 Loblolly pine 1 2.7
 (Pinus taeda)






Table 17. Habitat utilization using the Bon-fenoni confidence interval approach (p=0.05).


Habitat' Proportion Proportion Bon-ferrni Selection
 Available Utilized C.I.


Ross and Goose lakes:
A 0.36 0.54 0.44<P<0.64 +
C 0.29 0.26 0.18<P<0.34
E 0.23 0.11 0.05<P<0.17
B 0.06 0.03 -0.003 <P<0.06
G 0.05 0.05 0.008 <P< 0.09

Mill Creek Swamp:
S 0.87 0.81 0.66<P<0.97
C 0.12 0.11 -0.01<P<0.23
A 0.01 0.08 -0.03<P<0.19

A = saw-palmetto; C = hardwood MH vegetation > 50cm in height E = finge (black gum and fettebush/wax
myrtle); S = bayhead swamp; B = hardwoodMH vegetation < 50 c m height; P = proportion of utilization; G=
grasses.