Table 3. Average (±SE) chase tortuosity and speed performance during hound-assisted puma recaptures.

Average and maximum speeds (ms⁻¹) are presented for both GPS and accelerometer-derived estimates. Sample sizes and measurement units are enclosed in parentheses, and results from Welch two-sample t-tests comparing hound and puma data are included.

			GPS speed (ms−1)		Accel. speed (ms−1)
Chase	Species (animals)	Path tortuosity	Avg.	Max.	Avg.	Max.
1	Hounds (n = 5)	2.01 ± 0.08	2.33 ± 0.09	8.53 ± 0.29	3.07 ± 0.07	5.2
	Puma 36 M	2.22	0.93 ± 0.21	5.27	3.69 ± 0.27	14.5
			t =  − 6.5		t = 2.3
			p < 0.01*		p = 0.02*
2	Hounds (n = 5)	3.61 ± 0.21	1.53 ± 0.03	7.5 ± 0.45	2.43 ± 0.05	5.93
	Puma 36 M	3.34	0.56 ± 0.17	2.89	3.49 ± 0.34	15.0
			t =  − 6.4		t = 3.1
			p < 0.01*		p < 0.01*
3	Hounds (n = 4)	1.98 ± 0.09	1.35 ± 0.04	5.5 ± 0.87	3.32 ± 0.06	6.4
	Puma 26 M	4.95	0.48 ± 0.11	2.38	2.85 ± 0.2	11.8
			t =  − 8.7		t =  − 2.2
			p < 0.01*		p = 0.03*
4	Hounds (n = 4)	1.42 ± 0.06	3.04 ± 0.2	5.89 ± 0.45	5.35 ± 0.15	6.35
	Puma 26 M	1.15	2.32 ± 0.51	3.86	11.06 ± 0.5	14.49
			t =  − 1.4		t = 12.1
			p = 0.16		p < 0.01*
Avg.	Hound	2.32 ± 0.24	1.7 ± 0.03	7.0 ± 0.38	3.89 ± 0.18	5.97 ± 0.28
	Puma	2.92 ± 0.52	0.74 ± 0.09	3.6 ± 0.63	2.94 ± 0.04	13.9 ± 0.73
		t = 1.04	t =  − 10.4	t =  − 3.9	t = 5.2	t = 10.3
		p = 0.31	p < 0.01*	p < 0.01*	p < 0.01*	p < 0.01*

Notes.

^*Denotes significant relationship (p ≤ 0.05). GPS speeds are inherently averaged over 6 s, whereas the accelerometer speeds are near instantaneous (see methods).