Table 5 Minimum (Min), maximum (Max), median, percentile 25 (Per. 25), percentile 75 (Per. 75) and mean numbers of blocks of five and seven days required in addition to the previously identified number of days to obtain a percentage of change in HR size and 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 (%)

Block (days)

Number of days

Number of dogs included

Number of dogs with no limits reached

Min

Max

Median

Per. 25

Per. 75

Mean

HR size

 Core

10

5

0.0

9.0

0.0

0.0

1.8

1.4

45

3

20

5

0.0

8.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.0

45

0

 Extended

10

5

0.0

5.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.9

36

9

20

5

0.0

8.0

1.0

0.0

1.5

1.2

42

3

 Core

10

7

0.0

6.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.1

45

9

20

7

0.0

5.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.7

45

2

 Extended

10

7

0.0

4.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.6

36

13

20

7

0.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.7

41

5

HR shape index

 Core

10

5

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

43

0

20

5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

43

0

 Extended

10

5

0.0

4.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

42

11

20

5

0.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

45

3

 Core

10

7

0.0

4.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

41

1

20

7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

41

0

 Extended

10

7

0.0

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

42

11

20

7

0.0

4.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

43

5

  1. Dogs without previously identified number of days or without enough remaining recorded days for a day-block comparison were excluded from this analysis. The number of dogs included are presented in column “Number of dogs included” and the number of dogs that did not reach a limit are presented in the column “Number of dogs with no limits reached”.