Table 1 Explaining variability in shark home range by PERMANOVA tests.

Home range metric	Season		DF	Sum of squares	Mean square between	Iterations	P (perm.)
UD₉₅	Year-long	Sex	1	8.752	8.752	5000	0.003**
		Maturity stage	1	7.363	7.363	4075	0.024*
		Sex:Mat. stage	1	1.890	1.890	539	0.158
		Residuals	114	137.672	1.208
	Mating season (July–September)	Sex	1	10.622	10.622	5000	0.003**
		Maturity stage	1	11.487	11.487	5000	0.004**
		Sex:Mat. stage	1	7.510	7.510	5000	0.014*
		Residuals	114	156.303	1.371
	October–June	Sex	1	2.115	2.115	1343	0.070
		Maturity stage	1	1.196	1.196	709	0.124
		Sex:Mat. stage	1	0.060	0.060	51	1.000
		Residuals	114	70.555	0.619
UD₁₀₀	Year-long	Sex	1	12.646	12.646	5000	0.001***
		Maturity stage	1	23.930	23.930	5000	0.000***
		Sex:Mat. stage	1	0.990	0.990	368	0.215
		Residuals	114	168.753	1.480
	Mating season (July–September)	Sex	1	17.034	17.034	5000	0.000***
		Maturity stage	1	11.994	11.994	5000	0.003**
		Sex:Mat. stage	1	10.636	10.636	5000	0.007**
		Residuals	114	162.837	1.428
	October–June	Sex	1	2.201	2.201	51	0.882
		Maturity stage	1	8.998	8.998	5000	0.003**
		Sex:Mat. stage	1	3.812	3.812	2334	0.041*
		Residuals	114	127.697	1.120

Asterisks indicate p-value thresholds (***: < 0.001; **: < 0.01; *: < 0.05).
Two metrics of home range (UD₉₅ and UD₁₀₀) were compared between sex (male, female) and maturity stage (adult, juvenile) at all seasons, during the mating season, and outside the mating season.

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