Table 5. Selection ratios (wi) at the home-range level, averaged over 16 mallards studied on southern Öland, Sweden, October – December 2010, with respective 95% confidence interval (CI) lower and upper limits.
Habitat | wi | CI lower | CI upper |
Ponds | 143.82 | −7.96 | 295.61 |
Alvar wetlands | 29.99 | 12.57 | 47.41 |
Other wetlands | 6.11 | −2.91 | 15.13 |
Maize fields | 2.95 | 1.54 | 4.36 |
Coast and sea | 1.49 | 0.80 | 2.19 |
Coastal meadows | 1.20 | 0.44 | 1.95 |
Alvar steppe | 0.77 | 0.04 | 1.50 |
Pasture fields | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.54 |
Other crops | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.32 |
Other habitat | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.13 |
The table shows the selection ratios when considering the habitat as a ten-level factor (wet habitats are divided in subcategories). The habitats are ordered from the most (top) to the least preferred habitat (bottom).