Sympatric prey responses to lethal top-predator control: predator manipulation experiments

Allen, Benjamin L; Allen, Lee R; Engeman, Richard M; Leung, Luke K-P

doi:10.1186/s12983-014-0056-y

Frontiers in Zoology

Table 3 P values obtained from repeated measures ANOVA assessing seasonal differences in mean prey PTI (surveys pooled by season) between baited and unbaited areas at nine sites across Australia

From: Sympatric prey responses to lethal top-predator control: predator manipulation experiments

Autumn (March - May)
Site (N surveys/error df)	Birds	Rabbits	Possums	Small mammals	Macropods	Pigs	Echidnas	Toads	Frogs	Hopping-mice	Reptile
Barcaldine (8/7)	0.5604	0.0032*	0.1705	0.2981	0.4162	0.3506	0.1395	0.1114	0.2718	NP	RE
Blackall (9/8)	0.8598	0.8312	1.0000	0.5553	0.0336*	0.1690	0.7287	ND	0.4354	NP	RE
Cordillo (1/0)	X	X	NP	X	X	ND	ND	ND	X	X	X
Lambina (1/0)	X	ND	NP	X	X	NP	ND	NP	X	X	X
Mt Owen (7/6)	0.0304^	0.1624	0.0030^	0.0253^	0.0272*	ND	ND	NR	NR	NP	RE
Quinyambie (4/3)	0.4972	0.0788	NP	0.2963	1.0000	ND	ND	NP	0.3910	0.0184^	0.4444
Strathmore (1/0)	X	ND	X	X	X	X	ND	NR	NR	NP	RE
Tambo (6/5)	0.0358*	0.2752	0.6109	0.8215	0.7518	0.8670	ND	0.2586	0.3632	NP	RE
Todmorden (3/2)	0.0785	0.0196*	NP	0.9531	0.6667	NP	ND	NP	0.4226	0.6892	0.0691
Winter (June - August)
Site (N surveys/error df)	Birds	Rabbits	Possums	Small mammals	Macropods	Pigs	Echidnas	Toads	Frogs	Hopping-mice	Reptile
Barcaldine (6/5)	0.1467	0.0089*	0.3144	0.9490	0.4187	0.2031	0.4206	0.3632	ND	NP	RE
Blackall (6/3)	0.4169	0.8671	X	0.3199	0.0045*	0.4918	0.8240	ND	0.3910	NP	RE
Cordillo (2/1)	0.1869	0.4097	NP	0.5529	0.1257	ND	ND	ND	ND	0.0424*	0.0424^
Lambina (3/2)#	0.2747	0.2697	NP	0.3801	0.5093	NP	ND	NP	0.4226	0.4795	1.0000
Mt Owen (5/4)	0.2927	0.0010^	0.0433^	0.4827	0.1192	0.3739	ND	NR	NR	NP	RE
Quinyambie (6/5)	0.5071	0.0983	NP	0.4130	0.3278	ND	0.3632	NP	ND	0.1059	0.2543
Strathmore (6/5)	0.0677	ND	0.2856	0.4743	0.0011^	0.0023	ND	NR	NR	NP	RE
Tambo (4/3)	0.1064	0.1737	0.3910	0.4564	0.1802	0.8240	0.3910	ND	ND	NP	RE
Todmorden (2/1)	0.7863	0.0577*	NP	0.2284	0.1257	NP	ND	NP	ND	0.2048	0.0903
Spring (September - November)
Site (N surveys/error df)	Birds	Rabbits	Possums	Small mammals	Macropods	Pigs	Echidnas	Toads	Frogs	Hopping-mice	Reptile
Barcaldine (6/5)	0.7361	0.0050*	0.1019	0.2557	1.0000	0.0583*	0.0041	ND	0.3632	NP	RE
Blackall (6/5)	0.8789	0.0578*	ND	0.5583	0.0116*	ND	0.8717	ND	0.3632	NP	RE
Cordillo (3/2)	0.1428	0.0533^	NP	0.3036	0.0198*	0.4226	ND	ND	0.4226	0.9387	0.4400
Lambina (0/0)	NS	NS	NP	NS	NS	NP	NS	NP	NS	NS	NS
Mt Owen (6/5)	0.1927	0.0405^	0.0008^	0.0988	0.5910	1.0000	ND	NR	NR	NP	RE
Quinyambie (3/2)	0.6734	0.9830	NP	0.0991	0.2254	ND	0.4226	NP	0.4226	0.1061	0.3399
Strathmore (2/1)	0.2952	ND	1.000	0.5000	0.3017	0.3529	ND	NR	NR	NP	RE
Tambo (4/3)	0.0904	0.0021^	0.6042	0.0663	0.5720	0.1411	1.0000	ND	ND	NP	RE
Todmorden (2/1)	0.0997	0.3375	NP	0.8688	X	NP	ND	NP	0.5000	0.2857	0.1526
Summer (December - February)
Site (N surveys/error df)	Birds	Rabbits	Possums	Small mammals	Macropods	Pigs	Echidnas	Toads	Frogs	Hopping-mice	Reptile
Barcaldine (3/2)	0.1493	0.3249	0.2254	0.4045	0.3101	0.2254	1.0000	0.4226	ND	NP	RE
Blackall (2/1)	0.5303	0.9097	ND	0.1131	0.2389	0.5000	ND	ND	0.5000	NP	RE
Cordillo (1/0)	X	X	NP	X	X	X	ND	ND	X	X	X
Lambina (2/1)	0.3712	0.6051	NP	0.7018	0.5000	NP	ND	NP	0.5000	0.0622	0.3375
Mt Owen (1/0)	X	X	X	X	X	ND	ND	NR	NR	NP	RE
Quinyambie (1/0)	X	X	NP	X	ND	ND	ND	NP	ND	X	X
Strathmore (0/0)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NP	NS
Tambo (2/1)	0.5718	0.5000	ND	0.5000	0.1772	0.5000	0.5000	ND	0.5000	NP	RE
Todmorden (4/3)	0.8290	0.0632	NP	0.3193	0.1027	NP	ND	NP	0.3910	0.8470	0.0021*

NP = not present; ND = known to be present but not detected on tracking plots; NR = present and detected on tracking plots but not recorded; RE = Mostly Varanus spp. and reported in [25]; X = insufficient data; *All reptiles except for Varanus spp. (i.e. predominately agamidae and skincidae); ^All dasyurids and rodents except for hopping-mice.

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