Adult bobcat (Lynx rufus) habitat selection in a longleaf pine savanna

Ecological Processes

Table 3 Parameter estimates for bobcat habitat selection at the annual area of use spatial scale

Variable^a	Sex	β	SE	Z ^b	P	Scaled odds ratio^c	Scaled lower 95%	Scaled upper 95%
Mature pine	Male	− 0.079	0.029	− 2.741	0.006	0.924	0.873	0.978
Mature pine	Female	− 0.078	0.017	− 4.469	< 0.001	0.925	0.894	0.957
Mixed pine/hardwoods	Male	− 0.026	0.040	− 0.646	0.518	0.975	0.902	1.053
Mixed pine/hardwoods	Female	− 0.081	0.027	− 3.019	0.003	0.923	0.876	0.972
Hardwoods	Male	− 0.140	0.025	− 5.671	< 0.001	0.869	0.828	0.912
Hardwoods	Female	− 0.111	0.015	− 7.257	< 0.001	0.895	0.868	0.922
Young pine	Male	0.040	0.011	3.649	< 0.001	1.041	1.019	1.063
Young pine	Female	0.023	0.007	3.319	0.001	1.023	1.009	1.037
Agriculture	Male	− 0.280	0.027	− 10.562	< 0.001	0.756	0.717	0.796
Agriculture	Female	− 0.169	0.017	−9.764	< 0.001	0.845	0.816	0.874
Shrub/scrub	Male	− 0.070	0.015	− 4.783	< 0.001	0.932	0.906	0.960
Shrub/scrub	Female	− 0.009	0.009	− 1.025	0.305	0.991	0.973	1.009
Primary roads	Male	0.005	0.016	0.290	0.772	1.005	0.973	1.038
Primary roads	Female	0.004	0.010	0.412	0.680	1.004	0.984	1.025
Secondary roads	Male	0.049	0.037	1.333	0.183	1.051	0.977	1.130
Secondary roads	Female	− 0.072	0.025	− 2.919	0.004	0.931	0.887	0.977

^aDistance to nearest habitat patches (m)
^bStandardized coefficient estimates
^cScalar, 200 m
This research was conducted at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, southwestern Georgia, USA, 2001–2007