Distribution and Abundance of Predators that Affect
Duck Production: Prairie Pothole Region
Tables
Table 2. Correlations between occurrence of tracks (% of searched quarter sections with tracksa) of pairs of mammalian carnivore species in study areas in the prairie pothole region, 1983-88b.
| Species Pairsc | r | P |
| Coyote - Red Fox | -0.86 | <0.001 |
| Coyote - Raccoon | -0.64 | <0.001 |
| Coyote - Striped Skunk | <0.01 | 0.988 |
| Coyote - Badger | 0.24 | 0.258 |
| Red Fox - Raccoon | 0.63 | <0.001 |
| Red Fox - Striped Skunk | 0.14 | 0.504 |
| Red Fox - Badger | -0.11 | 0.619 |
| Raccoon - Striped Skunk | -0.10 | 0.639 |
| Raccoon - Badger | <0.01 | 0.992 |
| Striped Skunk - Badger | -0.38 | 0.060 |
aIncludes only study area-years where two searches for tracks were made.
bThe mink was excluded because of its low occurrence or absence in most study areas.
cNumber of study area-years equals 25 for all species.
