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Table 3. Home range characteristics of radio-marked sandhill cranes during spring 1978 and 1979 on study area near Kearney, Nebraska.

Crane Home No. __________Home range cover types (% area)_______ no. range quarter Cropland Grassland Hayland Riverine Other size sections (km2) used*
1-78 16 20 46.6 12.6 9.1 11.4 20.3 4-78 45 52 37.2 25.8 11.6 15.1 10.3 5-78 17 25 48.2 20.3 11.3 13.8 6.4 12-78 19 26 50.9 15.7 7.1 22.9 3.4 15-78 20 20 36.2 15.5 12.6 26.0 9.7 16-78 14 16 44.8 14.1 4.8 25.6 10.4 2-79 42 53 49.9 24.1 8.7 7.6 9.7 3-79 62 69 35.7 25.1 10.7 19.4 9.1 4-79 43 42 48.3 19.8 14.2 9.5 8.2 5-79 51 53 38.7 25.3 13.3 11.6 11.1 10-79 34 39 46.8 14.8 8.1 21.6 8.7 11-79 12 16 42.2 21.1 8.2 24.1 4.4 12-79 67 70 52.2 20.4 8.5 10.7 8.2 13-79 41 55 46.0 18.8 7.3 21.8 6.1 14-79 55 60 46.1 22.4 10.9 15.4 5.2 15-79 36 38 43.9 24.7 10.2 16.2 5.0 16-79 51 42 51.0 15.1 7.5 16.2 10.2 17-79 33 39 44.9 20.2 11.4 15.1 8.4 18-79 24 29 36.8 17.7 7.1 29.2 9.2 19-79 35 39 40.0 21.2 9.2 23.2 6.4 Average 36 40 44.3 19.7 9.6 17.8 8.5
*Number of quarter sections containing locations. To estimate total home range size the areas of each used quarter section, plus certain unoccupied quarter sections, were summed. One quarter section = 65 ha (160 acres)

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