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Table 2 Summary of estimated home range sizes (in ha) for adult Mojave desert tortoises in the greater Ivanpah Valley Area. Estimates were made using autocorrelated kernel density estimators in R package ctmm. Tortoises that encountered fences are included in a separate row. Minimum and maximum values are not displayed when only one tortoise from a site had sufficient data for that year

From: Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise

Site

2016

2017

2018

Min

Median

Max

Min

Median

Max

Min

Median

Max

McCullough Pass

4.03

17.56

259.43

2.95

12.53

100.76

2.20

14.15

43.26

Sheep Mountain

21.43

50.50

190.35

18.05

30.49

250.43

21.28

46.64

355.86

Silver State

17.39

21.90

54.63

13.36

24.50

187.36

15.78

24.0

102.49

Silver State (fence)

25.85

35.85

44.31

3.12

35.40

46.25

6.05

28.62

100.23

Stateline Pass

   

13.40

46.86

102.31

25.13

39.83

169.01

ISEGS North

   

27.97

43.64

52.51

16.12

55.09

111.79

Mesquite Valley

   

20.32

151.27

184.83

44.83

117.78

230.61

Nipton

    

17.26

 

5.23

11.95

55.12

Eldorado Valley

      

10.05

35.22

409.80

ISEGS South

      

17.23

38.54

91.00

ISEGS South (fence)

       

51.17

 

Southpah

      

3.73

29.99

200.07