Table 4 Abiotic factors used to compare differences in habitat use for groups of resident and augmented bighorn sheep on Mount Timpanogos (MT), Rock Canyon (RC), and Mount Nebo (NB) from 2000 to 2009, Utah, USA.

From: Habitat use and social mixing between groups of resident and augmented bighorn sheep

Abiotic Factor

Group

n

\(\bar{{\boldsymbol{x}}}\)

SE

LCL

UCL

Slope

MT Resident

922

69.7

29.9

−4.028

2.63

MT Colorado

327

69

29.9

  

MT Resident

922

69.7

29.9

−0.97

5.43

MT Montana

364

71.9

29.9

  

RC Resident

579

81.8

29.9

−14.9

−4.83

RC Augmented

129

72

30

  

NB Resident

146

67.4

2.73

−2.87

7.85

NB Augmented

256

69.9

21.17

  

Elevation

MT Resident

922

1989

425.4

286.5

381

MT Colorado

327

2322

425.8

  

MT Resident

922

1989

425.4

22.4

113.3

MT Montana

364

2057

425.8

  

RC Resident

579

1907

425.5

−107.1

35.9

RC Augmented

129

1871

426.6

  

NB Resident

146

2504

38.8

184.7

335.5

NB Augmented

256

2764

303.7

  

Ruggedness

MT Resident

922

0.016

0.02

−0.0034

0.0011

MT Colorado

327

0.015

0.02

  

MT Resident

922

0.016

0.02

−0.0024

0.0019

MT Montana

364

0.016

0.02

  

RC Resident

579

0.016

0.02

−0.0059

0.0009

RC Augmented

129

0.014

0.02

  

NB Resident

146

0.015

0.0018

−0.0052

0.002

NB Augmented

256

0.013

0.014

  
  1. We depict sample size, means, standard errors (SE), as well as lower confidence limits (LCL) and upper confidence limits (UCL) for the 95% confidence intervals of the difference in means.