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. 2013 Jul 9;8(7):e68496. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068496

Table 1. Descriptions of the three suburban habitat types in which lightweight GPS collars were evaluated in, Dunedin, New Zealand, as defined by Freeman and Buck [34].

Habitat Type Habitat Description
Res 1 Residential areas with greater than one third of the property size comprised of mature, structurally-complex gardens containing an assortment of lawns, hedges, shrubs, and large established trees. Green cover totals 70% with a mean housing density of 11.6/ha (SD = 1.98, n = 14) [35].
Res 2 Residential areas with greater than one third of the property size comprised of structurally-less complex gardens dominated by lawns. Green cover ranges between 42–50% with a mean housing density of 12.52/ha (SD = 2.27, n = 20 suburbs) [35].
Res 3 Residential areas with no garden or where less than one third of the property is garden dominated by flowerbeds or lawn. Green cover totals 30% with a mean housing density of 28.6/ha (SD = 3.14, n = 6 suburbs) [35].