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Table 2 Minimum convex polygon (MCP) and kernel density estimator (KDE) home range size (m2) compared across three location estimator programs (LOAS, Locate III, and Sigloc) for the same mice (n = 31) using the Friedman test

From: Very small collars: an evaluation of telemetry location estimators for small mammals

Home range

X2

d.f

P

MCP—all

 95% MCP

46.40

2

 < 0.001

 50% MCP

30.89

2

 < 0.001

MCP—males

 95% MCP

29.20

2

 < 0.001

 50% MCP

18.70

2

 < 0.009

MCP—females

 95% MCP

18.20

2

0.008

 50% MCP

13.20

2

0.001

KDE—all

 95% KDE

34.7

2

 < 0.001

 50% KDE

38.5

2

 < 0.001

KDE—males

 95% KDE

19.5

2

 < 0.001

 50% KDE

23.4

2

 < 0.001

KDE—females

 95% KDE

15.2

2

0.005

 50% KDE

15.2

2

0.005

  1. The mice were tracked via micro-VHF collars in a suburban park in Howard county, Maryland, USA, 2018–2019
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