Table 4. Summary movement statistics for cheetahs translocated into free-range environments.
| ID | Linear distance (km) moved in first 3 months (no. of fixes) | 100% MCPa area (km2) covered | Duration of post- release exploratory movements (days) | Estimated home range size in km2 | Percent overlap with recipient reserve (all PAs) | Distance (km) of centroid to release site | Distance (km) of last known location to release site | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months (no. of fixes) | 6 months (no. of fixes) | No. of fixes | 100% MCPa (50%) | 95% M-KDEb (50%) | ||||||
| Aju01 | Insufficient data | 820.2 (54) | 1,316.0 (103) | 93 | 92 | 1,509.0 (284.6) | 1,196.3 (108.6) | 39 (54) | 13.5 | 24.2 |
| Aju02 | Insufficient data | 820.2 (54) | 1,316.0 (103) | 93 | 92 | 1,509.0 (284.6) | 1,196.3 (108.6) | 39 (54) | 13.5 | 17.0 |
| Aju03 | Insufficient data | 820.2 (54) | 1,316.0 (103) | 93 | 92 | 1,509.0 (284.6) | 1,196.3 (108.6) | 39 (54) | 13.5 | 24.7 |
| Aju07 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3.9 |
| Aju17 | 524.1 (89) | 7,905.2 (89) | 8,373.6 (181) | 85 | 883 | 3,209.1 (253.9) | 931.7 (203.1) | 0 (89) | 147.1 | 159.4 |
| Aju18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 38.3 |
| Aju19 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 10.9 |
| Aju20 | n/a | 989.8 (64) | n/a | 36 | 31 | 49.0 (4.4) | 51.8 (6.3) | 0 (0) | 51.7 | 81.5 |
| Aju26 | 590.5 (91) | 11,474.1 (91) | n/a | >112 | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 281.0 |
| Aju29 | Insufficient data | 1,068.5 (46) | 1,068.5 (56) | Unknown | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9.2 |
| Aju30 | 577.6 (92) | 7,907.3 (92) | 9,048.9 (141) | >290 | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 71.0 |
| Aju34 | Insufficient data | Insufficient data | Insufficient data | Unknown | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 24.4 |
| Aju38 | 265.8 (92) | 1,179.9 (92) | 3,292.6 (181) | 171 | 418 | 217.0 (26.9) | 121.6 (18.3) | 0 (74) | 26.1 | 28.2 |
| Aju40 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.4 |
| Aju41 | 147.1 (90) | 138.9 (90) | 1,099.5 (160) | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 78.0 |
| Aju42 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 31.9 |
| Aju43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 31.9 |
| Aju44 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 31.9 |
| Aju56 | 250.1 (87) | 2,465.0 (87) | 13,596.0 (179) | 190 | 497 | 2,624.8 (94.6) | 929.5 (81.5) | 0 (0) | 118.1 | 140.6 |
| Aju58 | 363.0 (91) | 2,520.1 (91) | 4,694.1 (181) | 114 | 318 | 176.8 (18.6) | 138.7 (13.9) | 0 (14) | 41.7 | 59.2 |
| Aju59 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 26.0 |
| Aju65 | 582.6 (91) | 1,877 (91) | 2,015.0 (165) | 13 | 275 | 1,614.4 (370.1) | 1,182.2 (193.2) | 0 (0) | 64.7 | 71.1 |
| Aju66 | 582.6 (91) | 1,877 (91) | 2,015.0 (165) | 13 | 275 | 1,614.4 (370.1) | 1,182.2 (193.2) | 0 (0) | 64.7 | 65.2 |
Notes.
a
MCP, Minimum Convex Polygon
b
M-KDE, Movement-based Kernel Density Estimator