Movement of leopard tortoises in response to environmental and climatic variables in a semi-arid environment

Table 4 Leopard tortoise habitat types used throughout the year

Habitat type	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Mean (± SE)
Low shrubland	2351	1999	2312	2241	2900	3019	3156	2963	2672	2634	2187	2659	2591.08 ± 107.34
Non-vegetated	158	140	86	8	34	18	15	50	80	42	25	129	65.42 ± 15.15
Dense bush	203	340	453	137	195	7	14	194	264	321	788	144	255.00 ± 60.98
Open bush	120	4	102	191	67	41	20	19	115	174	121	31	83.75 ± 18.08
Grassland	2	1	36	1	25	0	0	0	64	55	41	163	32.33 ± 13.69
Wetlands	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.42 ± 0.62
Cultivated commercial fields	0	31	127	3	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	16.75 ± 10.78
Water permanent	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50 ± 0.50
Total	2837	2521	3127	2581	3221	3085	3205	3226	3195	3268	3163	3126

(Numbers represent the number of data points for each habitat type for each month of the year.)

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