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

Table 4 Correlations (r) and p values (p) for relationships in longer-term prey PTI trends between baited and unbaited areas at nine sites across Australia

Site		Birds	Rabbits	Possums	Small mammals^	Macropods	Pigs	Echidnas	Toads	Frogs	Hopping-mice	Reptiles*
Barcaldine	r	0.7770	0.8134	0.0461	0.8427	0.8297	0.1693	-0.0767	-0.0878	0.6114	NP	RE
Barcaldine	p	<0.0000	<0.0000	0.8346	<0.0000	<0.0000	0.4399	0.7280	0.6905	0.0019	NP	RE
Blackall	r	0.5024	0.1790	-0.0500	0.5191	0.7382	-0.1062	0.3442	ND	-0.0670	NP	RE
Blackall	p	0.0203	0.4376	0.8296	0.0159	0.0001	0.6469	0.1266	ND	0.7730	NP	RE
Cordillo	r	0.4135	0.4077	NP	0.9100	0.3372	X	ND	NP	X	0.0893	0.3938
Cordillo	p	0.3564	0.3640	NP	0.0044	0.4595	X	ND	NP	X	0.8489	0.3755
Lambina	r	0.8835	0.7018	NP	0.9568	0.8849	NP	ND	NP	0.9931	0.9180	0.9618
Lambina	p	0.0196	0.1201	NP	0.0028	0.0191	NP	ND	NP	0.0001	0.0278	0.0022
Mt Owen	r	0.8323	0.0330	0.6828	0.9017	0.7906	-0.0808	X	NR	NR	NP	RE
Mt Owen	p	<0.0000	0.8932	0.0013	<0.0000	0.0001	0.7421	X	NR	NR	NP	RE
Quinyambie	r	0.4265	0.8052	NP	0.9834	-0.1040	ND	-0.0769	NP	X	0.9557	0.7755
Quinyambie	p	0.1283	0.0005	NP	<0.0000	0.7235	ND	0.7938	NP	X	<0.0000	0.0011
Strathmore	r	0.8764	ND	0.5093	0.2370	0.7563	0.8764	X	NR	NR	NP	RE
Strathmore	p	0.0019	ND	0.1613	0.5392	0.0184	0.0019	X	NR	NR	NP	RE
Tambo	r	0.6343	0.4928	0.1108	0.8318	0.4171	-0.1936	-1215	X	0.9932	NP	RE
Tambo	p	0.0083	0.0524	0.6829	0.0001	0.1080	0.4726	0.6539	X	<0.0000	NP	RE
Todmorden	r	0.7226	-0.0273	NP	0.8860	0.8865	NP	ND	NP	X	0.7589	0.1210
Todmorden	p	0.0120	0.9365	NP	0.0003	0.8865	NP	ND	NP	X	0.0068	0.7231

NP = not present; X = insufficient data; Goannas represent only Varanus spp. at Cordillo, Lambina, Quinyambie and Todmorden, but include a small proportion of other reptiles at the other sites (see also [25]).

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