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. 2013 Jun 19;8(6):e65783. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065783

Table 2. A summary of home range area estimates and horizontal movement performance during the entire period and during the three phases (feeding, resting and other) for green turtles.

CM 3 CM 4 CM 5 CM 6 CM 7
Whole phase
N 223 193 281 423 500
95%/50% FK (ha) 108.3/52.7 53.5/30.9 119.1/31.5 73.9/32.5 353.5/148.0
Feeding phase
N 30 128 125 149 242
# bouts 1 1 7 9 9
# place utilized 1 1 1 1 1
95%/50% FK (ha) 45.2/28.9 39.8/19.3 101.6/29.9 47.7/24.0 267.2/108.3
MCP of a bout (ha) 5.5 6.3 3.8±2.7 1.1±0.6 47.3±49.2
Straightness Index 0.06 0.02 0.30±0.25 0.21±0.21 0.32±0.32
Resting phase
N 97 43 102 145 153
# bouts 6 4 7 11 11
# place utilized 3 2 1 2 5
95%/50% FK (ha) 59.6/28.6 36.9/20.0 34.5/12.6 49.3/21.7 136.5/48.1
MCP of a bout (ha) 0.5±0.6 0.3±0.1 0.7±0.6 0.4±0.4 0.7±0.8
Straightness Index 0.30±0.21 0.19±0.13 0.09±0.07 0.11±0.08 0.32±0.32
Other phase
N 96 22 54 129 105
# bouts 7 6 13 20 19
95%/50% FK (ha) 75.3/51.8 37.8/22.9 110.9/49.6 76.0/42.3 263.1/160.0
From resting to feeding places
Distance (km) 0.09 0.12 0.37±0.26 0.11±0.11 0.37±0.33
Straightness Index 0.86 0.73±0.21 0.58±0.43 0.72±0.20
From feeding to resting places
Distance (km) 0.11 0.14 0.33±0.21 0.21±0.27 0.30±0.21
Straightness Index 0.73 0.68±0.30 0.65±0.02 0.66±0.29

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. FK, fixed kernel density estimates, MCP; minimum convex polygon estimates.