Table 4 Number of observation days required in each country to reach a constant value of percentage of change in the shape index equal or below 10% and 20% for the core and extended HR.

From: Investigation of optimized observation periods for estimating a representative home range of free-roaming domestic dogs

HR

Change (%)

Number of days

Number of dogs with no limits reached

Min

Max

Median

Per. 25

Per. 75

Mean

Chad

 Core

10.0

1.0

43.0

28.5

1.0

39.75

22.4

0.0

20.0

1.0

42.0

28.5

1.0

39.75

22.3

0.0

 Extended

10.0

1.0

63.0

23.0

17.0

30.0

25.8

1.0

20.0

1.0

63.0

17.0

11.0

23.0

20.6

1.0

Guatemala

 Core

10.0

1.0

9.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.7

0.0

20.0

1.0

9.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.7

0.0

 Extended

10.0

1.0

32.0

14.5

3.0

26.0

15.1

2.0

20.0

1.0

30.0

13.0

2.0

19.5

12.5

1.0

Indonesia

 Core

10.0

1.0

22.0

1.0

1.0

1.75

4.5

0.0

20.0

1.0

22.0

1.0

1.0

1.75

4.4

0.0

 Extended

10.0

1.0

14.0

1.0

1.0

4.75

3.7

0.0

20.0

1.0

10.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

2.1

0.0

Uganda

 Core

10.0

1.0

53.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

7.4

0.0

20.0

1.0

53.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

7.4

0.0

 Extended

10.0

1.0

56.0

3.0

1.0

12.0

11.9

0.0

20.0

1.0

50.0

2.0

1.0

6.5

6.6

0.0

  1. Numbers presented here indicate the minimum (Min), maximum (Max), median, percentile 25 (Per. 25), percentile 75 (Per. 75) and mean of the number of days required amongst all dogs, as well as the number of dogs that did not reach a constant value equal or below the chosen threshold.
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