Figure 5
(a) Multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) plot of similarity in habitat type used for foraging by the two raptor species during the breeding season. Each point represents one individual. The habitat types of LLB and STE were significantly different from each other. The lines represent 40% and 60% similarity contours, so all samples inside each contour have a similarity above these two values, (b) Box plot of habitat type used by each species in comparison (one sample t–test) to habitat type availability in the whole study area (“Actual” line). Box = 25th and 75th fractions; bars = min and max values; red lines = median; red dots = outliers. Note that each species foraged in different habitat types; LLB showed a clear significant preference to low natural vegetation, and significantly avoided cultivated fields, while STE showed an opposite behavior by significant preference of cultivated fields and significant avoidance of low natural vegetation. *= 0.01 < P < 0.05, **= 0.001 < P < 0.01, ***= P < 0.001, ns = not significant (P > 0.05).
