BULLETIN FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY VOL 38 PT. 11(9)


Table 2. Habitat availability, habitat use, and results of Bonferroni confidence intervals (BCI), by habitat
type and individual. Habitat availability (Av) = % of home range represented by that habitat type; Habitat
use (U) = % locations within that habitat type; BCI = ND for no difference between use and availability, >
for use greater than availability, and < for use less than availability, at alpha = 0.05. Ordway Preserve,
Florida, November 1991-May 1992. (H = Hammock; Sw = Swamp; OF = Old field; SH = Sandhill).


Raccoon H Sw OF SH ME
 Av/U/BCI Av/U/BCI Av/U/BCI Av/U/BCI Av/U/BCI


Males
1
8
12
16
17
18
24
33


45/36/ND
20/13/ND
24/18/ND
16/32/>
36/33/ND
21/14/ND
11/33/>
25/43/ND


19/4/<
43/78/>
29/52/>
20/28/ND
8/7/ND
47/84/>
16/10/ND
34/ 8/<
19/49/>
23/38/ND
24/13/ND
20/12/ND


Females
2
3
4
5
9
13
19
21
25
26
28
29


Total


12 ND
6>
2<


17/53/>
34/81/>
32/73/>
16/14/ND
17/52/>
23/72/>
6/14/ND
6/14/ND


55/91/>
6/9/ND

64/68/ND
74/85/ND

44/82/>
35/82/>
8/25/>
24/44/>
30/79/>
29/70/>


6 ND
12 >
0<


27/7/<
31/2/<
37/0/<
20/10/<
24/2/<
35/0/<
12/5/<
25/18/ND


26/ 0/<
25/12/<

16/ 4/<
8/5/ND
12/ 0/<
39/2/<
13/0/<
11/ 2/<
36/11/<
30/0/<
12/ 0/<


2ND
0>
17<


11/ 4/<
15/4/<
7/8/ND
44/43/ND
21/11/ND
19/14/ND
66/46/<
42/22/<


1/6/ND
23/ 5/<
62/32/<

10/3/ND
33/12/<
1/6/ND
18/10/ND
62/25/<
17/7/<
17/8/<
39/19/<


8 ND
0>
11<


1/2/ND
2/2/ND
1/0/<
3/2/ND
2/2/ND



3/0/<
10/15/ND


7/4/ND


6ND
0>
2<


* No difference for any habitat type, based on non-significant chi-square test ( = 4.17; df= 3;p= 0.24).




 The proportions of rest sites in trees and on or under the ground differed for
males and females (p = 0.04), with males using a larger proportion of ground rest
sites than females (Table 4). Males and females also used different types of tree
rest sites (Z2 = 14.17, df = 5, p = 0.01). The major contributors to the chi-square
value were male (less than expected) and female (greater than expected) use of tree
cavities, although these alone could not account for the significance of the test.
When types of tree rest sites were grouped into categories according to the level of