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. 2008 Mar 28;8(4):2208–2222. doi: 10.3390/s8042208

Table 1.

Summary statistics of detection distances for surface tortoises located using air scent during trials. “Known” were tortoises tethered as part of the study (n = 99). “Wild” tortoises were those that were located by the dogs but not placed as part of the study (n = 64). “All” summarizes all tortoises located by the dogs during the study (n = 163).

Known (m) Wild (m) All (m)
Minimum 0.75 0.50 0.50
Maximum 56.01 62.82 62.82
Mean 13.31 14.84 13.91
Median 11.24 10.35 11.13