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Table 1 Behavioural classifications associated with GPS fixes and nocturnal resting periods

From: Behaviour-time budget and functional habitat use of a free-ranging European badger(Meles meles)

Time

Fix number

Habitat type

Walking

Trotting

Snuffling

Resting

Notes

23:21:08

1

woodland

3 min 30 s (72.4%)

36 s (12.5%)

43 s (15.1%)

0 s (0.0%)

Left sett. ‘Trip 1’

23:32:06

2

pasture

1 min 41 s (34.7%)

1 min 44 s (35.6%)

1 min 27 s (29.7%)

0 s (0.0%)

Moved into pasture

23:37:00

3

woodland

1 min 25 s (29.9%)

28 s (10.1%)

2 min 51 s (60.1%)

0 s (0.0%)

Returned to woodland.

       

Trip 1 distance travelled:

       

475.80 m, collar temperature

       

(mean ±SD): 9.5°C ± 6.4°C

23:37:00 to

  

9 min 25 s (35.2%)

15 s (1.0%)

4 min 23 s (16.4%)

12 min 43 s (47.5%)

Re-entered sett.

00:05:47

      

Nocturnal resting period.

       

Collar temperature:

       

16.3°C ± 9.9°C

00:05:47,

4,

woodland

19 min 11 s (44.9%)

6 min 5 s (14.2%)

14 min 16 s (33.4%)

3 min 13 s (7.5%)

Left sett. Tracked down

00:11:29,

5,

     

and up the valley through

00:16:15,

6,

     

woodland. ‘Trip 2’

00:21:07,

7,

      

00:26:08,

8,

      

00:30:55,

9,

      

00:35:47,

10,

      

00:41:22,

11,

      

00:50:07

12,

      

01:02:04

13

arable

2 min 27 s (53.8%)

1 min 45 s (38.4%)

21 s (7.8%)

0 s (0.0%)

Moved across pasture to

       

arable land

01:13:35

14

pasture

15 s (5.2%)

3 s (1.2%)

4 min 39 s (93.6%)

0 s (0.0%)

Re-visited pasture. High

       

classification of snuffling

01:18:35

15

woodland

55 s (19.1%)

44 s (15.1%)

3 min 11 s (65.8%)

0 s (0.0%)

Returned to woodland.

       

Trip 2 distance travelled:

       

1.62 km, Collar temperature:

       

9.8°C ± 7.6°C

01:18:35 to

  

4 min 58 s (31.6%)

31 s (3.3%)

5 min 35 s (35.5%)

4 min 40 s (29.6%)

Entered a sett, possibly

01:34:11

      

an outlier. Nocturnal

       

resting period. Collar

       

temperature: 13.5°C ± 13.4°C

01:34:11,

16,

woodland

3 min 16 s (33.7%)

33 s (5.8%)

2 min 12 s (22.8%)

3 min 40 s (37.8%)

Left sett. Moved

01:39:24

17

     

back to the original point

       

of emergence. ‘Trip 3’, distance

       

travelled: 187.47 m, Collar

       

temperature: 23.0°C

01:39:24 to

  

9 min 6 s (30.5%)

2 s (0.1%)

3 min 47 s (12.7%)

16 min 54 s (56.7%)

Re-entered a sett.

02:10:27

      

Nocturnal resting period.

       

Collar temperature:

       

25.7°C ± 2.5°C

02:10:27

18

woodland

17 s (7.4%)

0 s (0.0%)

25 s (10.4%)

3 min 19 s (82.2%)

Briefly emerged, before

       

returning to the sett.

  1. Classified 2 min 30 s before and after each GPS fix.