TABLE 2.

Overview of variables source data for selected covariates in the integrated step selection analysis to compare dispersal movement of juvenile mountain lions from protected and hunted populations. All units were in meters.

Variable	Definition	Resource
Distance to developed landcover	Open space, low intensity, medium intensity, high intensity	National Land Cover Database 2021; Dewitz (2023)
Distance to hay and crop		National Land Cover Database 2021; Dewitz (2023)
Distance to forest	Evergreen, mixed, deciduous	National Land Cover Database 2021; Dewitz (2023)
Distance to shrub	Grassland, herbaceous	National Land Cover Database 2021; Dewitz (2023)
Distance to water	Open water, emergent herbaceous wetlands, woody wetlands, linear streams, and rivers	National Land Cover Database 2021; Dewitz (2023) and United States Geographical Survey National Hydrography Dataset (2023)
Distance to four‐wheeled drive roads		United States Geographical Survey National Transportation Dataset (2023)
Elevation		Elevatr R Package; Hollister et al. (2017)
Terrain Ruggedness Index		Elevatr R Package; Hollister et al. (2017)