WALKER: HABITAT USE BY RACCOONS


Table 3. Average proportions of different habitat types within male (mean minimum convex polygon with
lake area subtracted = 259.88 ha) and female (mean minimum convex polygon with lake area subtracted =
65.67 ha) home ranges (HR), and proportion of male and female locations in each habitat type (Loc),
Ordway Preserve, Florida, November 1991-May 1992.


 Male Female


 HR' Loc2 HR' Loc2


Hammock .25 .28 .25 .31
Swamp .21 .46 .31 .53
Old Field .26 .05 .19 .03
Sandhill .28 .20 .24 .11
Clear-water fringe .01 .01 .02 <.01


' Home-range habitat-type composition not significantly different by sex.
2 Locations per habitat type differ by sex (p < 0.001).






Table 4. Types and frequency of use of raccoon rest sites by habitat and sex, Ordway Preserve, Florida,
November 1991-May 1992. (H = Hammock; Sw = Swamp; OF = Old field; SH = Sandhill).


 Habitat type Sex


 H Sw OF SH Total M F


On ground' 2 9 0 0 11 8 3
Underground 1 2 0 0 3 1 2
Tree2 87 31 4 21 143 51 92
 Unidentified 16 12 1 0 29 11 18
 Cavity 17 4 0 1 22 2 20
 Squirrel nest 18 9 1 10 39 12 27
 Crotch 11 1 1 3 16 7 9
 Branches 15 3 0 1 19 10 9
 Spanish moss 9 1 1 5 16 7 9
 Vines 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
Undetermined 2 3 1 0 6 3 3


 90 45 5 21 163 63 100


SProportion of ground (on or under) and tree sites differed by sex (p= 0.04).
2 Types of tree rest sites differed by sex (p= 0.01).