Experience and social factors influence movement and habitat selection in scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduced into Chad

Majaliwa, M. M.; Hughey, L. F.; Stabach, J. A.; Songer, M.; Whyle, K.; Alhashmi, A. E. A.; Al Remeithi, M.; Pusey, R.; Chaibo, H. A.; Ngari Walsoumon, A.; Hassan Hatcha, M.; Wacher, T.; Ngaba, C.; Newby, J.; Leimgruber, P.; Mertes, K.

doi:10.1186/s40462-022-00348-z

Movement Ecology

Table 1 Coefficient estimates, standard errors (SE), and relative selection strengths (RSS) for the final integrated step selection functions (iSSFs) for reintroduced oryx during dry and wet periods

From: Experience and social factors influence movement and habitat selection in scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) reintroduced into Chad

Variable	Dry period			Wet period
Variable	Coefficient	RSS	SE	Coefficient	RSS	SE
Step length	0.031216	1.031709	0.006206	− 0.085392	0.918152	0.007023
Log step length	− 0.066014	0.936118	0.006020	0.145373	1.156471	0.007344
aNDVI	0.220561	1.246776	0.025554	0.040974	1.041825	0.012642
dNDVI	− 0.118859	0.887933	0.040020	0.034369	1.034966	0.015879
Elevation	0.033046	1.033598	0.007553	− 0.028966	0.971450	0.009258
TRI	− 0.069324	0.933025	0.005778	0.027761	1.028150	0.005825
Temperature	− 0.018336	0.981831	0.008080	0.008782	1.008821	0.007739
Experience	0.013913	1.014010	0.032343	− 0.012551	0.987527	0.029001
Group size	− 0.002478	0.997526	0.005738	− 0.007034	0.992991	0.005433
I(aNDVI²)	− 0.018772	0.981403	0.003777	− 0.010235	0.989817	0.003493
I(dNDVI²)	− 0.009814	0.990234	0.003132	− 0.009695	0.990352	0.004679
I(Temperature²)	− 0.012278	0.987797	0.005011
Step length: experience	0.002168	1.002170	0.005965	0.031899	1.032414	0.006149
Log step length: experience	− 0.035228	0.965386	0.005695	− 0.032891	0.967644	0.006980
aNDVI: experience	0.033742	1.034317	0.031870	0.013910	1.014007	0.008011
dNDVI: experience	− 0.160548	0.851677	0.051272	− 0.009679	0.990368	0.013125
Elevation: experience	− 0.033265	0.967283	0.009731	0.020697	1.020912	0.010874
TRI: experience	0.052383	1.053779	0.006479	− 0.015166	0.984949	0.007235
Temperature: experience	0.031204	1.031696	0.010877
Step length: group size	− 0.121270	0.885795	0.007104	− 0.057897	0.943747	0.007664
Log step length: group size	0.102707	1.108167	0.007067	0.072373	1.075057	0.008066
aNDVI: group size	0.003632	1.003638	0.004126	0.007308	1.007335	0.006514
dNDVI: group size	0.004128	1.004136	0.004067	− 0.003953	0.996055	0.005836
Elevation: group size	0.007185	0.992841	0.006904	− 0.014649	0.985458	0.006387
TRI: group size	0.026482	1.026836	0.005851	0.016766	1.016908	0.005480
Temperature: group size				0.000303	1.000303	0.005580

Bold text indicates significance at the p < 0.05 threshold

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