Table 1.

Home range and diffusion constant parameters extracted from mark-recapture observations

Animal species	Geographic region
Zygodontomys brevicauda	Azuero Peninsula, Panama
Peromyscus maniculatus	New Mexico, USA
Potential shape	Home range	Diffusion constant
	length (m)	(m 2 /day)
Box shape	70${}_{-20}^{+50}$	200 ± 50
Parabola	100 ± 25	475 ± 50