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. 2012 Nov 28;7(11):e50611. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050611

Table 1. Seasonal and spatial variation of human disturbance recorded in a complex multi-use landscape of SW Alberta, Canada.

Summer Hunting Winter-Spring*
(late May through early September) (early September through the end of November) (December through late May)
Public land Private land National Park Public land Private land National Park Private land National Park
HUNTING X X X LR X PIO X X PIO
ATVs LR X LR X X X
Human presence1 mean vehicles per day±SE 167±11 64±3 436±32 157±10 90±5 338±25 27±1 60±4
vehicles per hour 7 3 18 7 4 14 1 2

[X: not allowed; : allowed; LR landowner restricted; PIO permitted immediately outside park’s borders; 1 average number of vehicles having access to areas where elk behavioural observations were performed, as recorded by road counters; *elk were not observed on public lands in winter-spring when they usually move to lower elevations within private lands and the national park].