Home range and movements of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in an estuary habitat

Table 2 Summary of satellite data and movement parameters, kernel size (h _lscv ; estimated using fixed kernel least square cross validation (LSCV)), and areas of 50% and 95% kernel contours, derived using LC3 data

ID	Season	Detections (n)	Days with detection (n)	h _lscv(m)	Area of 50% KDE (km ²)	Area of 95% KDE (km ²)
F1	All	19	18	163.7	0.54	2.95
M1	All	52	42	201.5	0.55	2.85
M2	All	49	40	317.6	1.35	5.58
M3	1	66	39	168.6	0.47	2.69
	2	76	50	327.9	3.83	21.23
	3 & 4	199	119	293.3	5.39	25.36
M4	1 & 2	198	96	123.0	1.87	10.94
	4	89	41	489.3	8.84	33.11

Kernel density estimates (KDE) were calculated with all location data for F1, M1, and M2, and by season for M3 and M4, where season 1 is from January to March, season 2 is from April to June, season 3 is from July to September, and season 4 is from October to December.

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