Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Species | Study Areas in Prairiea | Study Areas in Aspen Parkland | |||||||
| (N) | No. > or = common | % > or = common | (N) | No. > or = common | % > or = common | X2b,c | P | ||
| Carnivores | |||||||||
| Coyote | 21 | 15 | 72 | 12 | 9 | 75 | 0.05 | 0.825 | |
| Gray Wolf | 21 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.787 | |
| Red Fox | 21 | 20 | 95 | 12 | 8 | 67 | 4.85 | 0.028 | |
| Raccoon | 21 | 17 | 81 | 12 | 6 | 50 | 3.46 | 0.063 | |
| Striped Skunk | 21 | 20 | 95 | 12 | 12 | 100 | 0.59 | 0.443 | |
| Badger | 21 | 14 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 7.64 | 0.006 | |
| Mink | 13 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 0.36 | 0.548 | |
| Rodents | |||||||||
| Franklin's Ground Squirrel | 21 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 5.78 | 0.016 | |
| Corvids | |||||||||
| Black-billed Magpie | 21 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 6.99 | 0.008 | |
| American Crow | 21 | 6 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 75 | 6.64 | 0.010 | |
| Raven | 21 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.787 | |
| Raptors | |||||||||
| Northern Harrier | 13 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 0.02 | 0.891 | |
| Swainson's Hawk | 13 | 9 | 69 | 11d | 2 | 18 | 6.25 | 0.012 | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 13 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 83 | 14.49 | <0.001 | |
| Ferruginous Hawk | 13 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2.01 | 0.157 | |
| Great Horned Owl | 13 | 8 | 62 | 12 | 6 | 50 | 0.34 | 0.561 | |
aExcludes minks and raptors in eight Central Flyway study areas
because data were insufficient to determine whether abundance was common or
greater.
bChi-square value with 1df.
cWe added 0.5 to all cells to accommodate zero counts.
dExcludes the Holden study area because data were insufficient to
determine whether species was common or more abundant.
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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