Fig. 2
Marginal effects of sex (F: female; M: male) on the home range area and movement estimates (controlling for the number of GPS fixes) for timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) as predicted by top AICc-ranked linear mixed-effects models. Subplots represent predicted home range areas estimated using Brownian Bridge Movement Models (BBMM) at 99% (A), 95% (B), and 50% (C) isopleths, and minimum convex polygon (MCP; D), and predicted estimates of mean daily distance travelled (E), and maximum displacement distance from over-wintering hibernacula (F). Plots indicate predicted values (solid black dots) ± 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Data derived from 36 snake–year combinations from 21 individuals’ radio-tracked from 2015 to 2019 in Jersey County, Illinois. See Additional file 1: Table S3 and 4 for a AICc table and parameter estimates