Table 4. Human-mediated dog movement rates at four spatial scales in Region VI.
Movement Scale | Permanent movement rate | Temporary movement rate | Total movement rate | Total annual movements | % Population moving daily | ||||
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Lower Estimate | Upper Estimate | Lower Estimate | Upper Estimate | Lower Estimate | Upper Estimate | Lower Estimate | Upper Estimate | ||
Between barangays within a municipality | 0.0314 (0.0264–0.0373) | 0.5726 (0.2491–1.1189) | 0.7196 (0.3455–1.4369) | 0.6040 (0.2800–1.1481) | 0.7509 (0.3758–1.4659) | 495,466 (229,684–941,840) | 616,040 (308,329–1,202,536) | 0.1655 (0.0767–0.3145) | 0.2057 (0.1030–0.4016) |
Between municipalities within a province | 0.0123 (0.0092–0.0164) | 0.0186 (0.0037–0.0766) | 0.0497 (0.0086–0.2300) | 0.0309 (0.0161–0.0861) | 0.0620 (0.0205–0.2403) | 25,360 (13,176–70,636) | 50,899 (16,836–197,105) | 0.0085 (0.0044–0.0236) | 0.0170 (0.0056–0.0658) |
Between provinces within the Philippines | 0.0043 (0.0028–0.0063 | 0.0002 (0.0000–0.0014) | 0.0002 (0.0000–0.0014) | 0.0046 (0.0030–0.0066) | 0.0046 (0.0030–0.0066) | 3736 (2,476–5,420) | 3736 (2,476–5,420) | 0.0012 (0.0008–0.0018) | 0.0012 (0.0008–0.0018) |
Between the Philippines and other countries | 0.0008 (0.0002–0.0021) | 0 | 0 | 0.0008 (0.0002–0.0021) | 0.0008 (0.0002–0.0021) | 657 (135–1,740) | 657 (135–1,740) | 0.00022 (0.00005–0.00058) | 0.00022 (0.00005–0.00058 |
Rate unit is movements/dog/year. Total annual movements of Region VI dogs were estimated assuming a dog population size of 820,354. 95% BCa bootstrap confidence intervals (calculated from 10,000 bootstrap samples) are indicated in brackets.