Table 6. Second and third order habitat selection ratios and confidence intervals during the late flood season in 2008 and 2009.
| Habitat | Order | Habitat selection ratios (95% confidence intervals) | |
| 2008 | 2009 | ||
| Secondary floodplain | Second | 1.46 (0.55–2.36) | 0.69 (0.31–1.08) |
| Third | 1.47 (0.90–2.04) | 1.07 (0.91–1.24) | |
| Tertiary floodplain | Second | 1.50 (0.95–2.05) | 0.86 (0.31–1.40) |
| Third | 1.63 (1.16–2.09) | 1.56 (1.08–2.03) | |
| Grassland | Second | 0.95 (0.70–1.20) | 1.07 (0.72–1.42) |
| Third | 0.61 (0.48–0.73) | 1.05 (0.81–1.29) | |
| Riparian woodland | Second | 1.14 (0.95–1.34) | 1.07 (0.81–1.33) |
| Third | 0.98 (0.81–1.15) | 1.37 (1.06–1.67) | |
| Mopane woodland | Second | 0.51 (0.02–0.99) | 1.01 (0.65–1.38) |
| Third | 0.46 (0.22–0.71) | 0.57 (0.20–0.93) | |
| Mixed acacia woodland | Second | 0.56 (−0.24–1.37) | 1.42 (0.67–2.16) |
| Third | 0.25 (−0.10–0.60) | 0.52 (0.19–0.85) | |
Ratios with 95% confidence intervals that did not include 1 indicated selection (>1) or avoidance (<1) of particular habitat types. Significant results are shown in bold. Second order selection compared habitat use in individual MCP ranges to availability in the population range; third order selection compared habitat use in the utilisation distributions to availability in the individual MCPs.