Table 1.
Red fox Vulpes vulpes individuals included in the analyses.
| Fox ID | Sex | Mass | Est. age | Region | Session | Data collection | Successful 60-min fixes | 99% BBMM (ha) | dmax | Non-forest habitat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (kg) | (months) | (duration in days) | (% successful) | day | night | (km) | (% availability) | ||||
| LADY†a | F | 4.1 | >12 (lact.) | Otways | 2 | 8 Nov – 1 Dec 13 (23) | 280 (50%) | 1118 | 1121 | 3.5 | 3% |
| VIKI†a | F | 4.0 | >12 (lact.) | Otways | 2 | 26 Nov – 17 Dec 13 (21) | 83 (16%) | 1096 | 1296 | 2.7 | 4% |
| FERN† | F | 2.9 | 6 | Otways | 1 | 29 Jan – 3 Mar 13 (2 reg. + 31 rotating) | 32 (67%) incl. rotating 72 (51%) | 7 | 43 | 1.0 | 4% |
| DUST | M | 4.7 | >12 | Otways | 2 | 26 Nov – 13 Dec 13 (17) | 343 (84%) | 457 | 265 | 2.3 | 7% |
| 6010†b | M | 4.5 | >12 | Annya | 5 | 24 April – 3 Jun 15 (40) | 555 (58%) | 111 | 183 | 1.0 | 8% |
| 4780b | F | 3.5 | >12 | Annya | 4 | 15 Jan – 5 May 15 (110) | 2061 (78%) | 236 | 353 | 1.5 | 10% |
| 4190b | F | 4.0 | >12 | Annya | 4 | 15 Jan – 4 May 15 (108) | 1848 (71%) | 158 | 382 | 1.5 | 14% |
| GULY | M | 3.7 | 6 | Otways | 1 | 22 Jan – 25 April 13 (3 reg. + 90 rotating) | 65 (90%) incl. rotating 341 (86%) | 12 | 230 | 3.2 | 18% |
| SAND | M | 4.9 | >12 | Otways | 2 | 23 Sept – 10 Nov 13 (48) | 1076 (93%) | 489 | 1473 | 5.0 | 18% |
| REED | M | 5.3 | >12 | Otways | 1 | 21 Feb – 7 Aug 13 (5 reg. + 161 rotating) | 85 (71%) incl. rotating 357 (59%) | 43 | 748 | 4.2 | 19% |
| CINN | F | 4.5 | 10 | Otways | 3 | 17 May – 23 June 14 (37) | 733 (82%) | 89 | 141 | 0.8 | 21% |
| 6410b | F | 4.1 | >12 | Annya | 4 | 15 Jan – 25 April 15 (100) | 1943 (81%) | 158 | 788 | 3.2 | 28% |
| RUSH | M | 5.1 | 10 | Otways | 3 | 17 May – 15 June 14 (29) | 638 (92%) | 59 | 81 | 0.6 | 36% |
| RUST | M | 4.9 | ? | Otways | 3 | 17 May – 25 June 14 (39) | 787 (84%) | 34 | 303 | 3.5 | 38% |
| 5590b | F | 3.5 | >12 | Annya | 5 | 26 April – 7 Jul 15 (72) | 1340 (77%) | 77 | 194 | 1.7 | 40% |
| 4590b | M | 4.0 | >12 | Annya | 4 | 15 Jan – 14 May 15 (119) | 2437 (86%) | 154 | 298 | 1.8 | 45% |
| GAMY | M | 5.4 | ≫12 | Otways | 3 | 17 May – 24 June 14 (38) | 705 (77%) | 234 | 94 | 1.6 | 49% |
| DOUG | M | 4.4 | >12 | Otways | 2 | 23 Sept – 3 Nov 13 (41) | 914 (93%) | 128 | 550 | 6.0 | 50% |
| 4400b | F | 5.0 | >12 | Annya | 4 | 16 Jan – 15 May 15 (119) | 2292 (80%) | 1134 | 3040 | 6.7 | 72% |
All individuals were included in the broad-scale habitat availability and selection analyses. The four foxes whose names are marked with † were not included in the fine-scale habitat selection analyses due to poor fix success rates. The 99 % BBMM is the 99% utilisation distribution from a Brownian bridge movement model; d max is the maximum distance the fox travelled from the barycentre of its location data; non-forest habitat availability is the percentage cover of habitats other than native forest within a circle of radius dmax from the fox’s barycentre. aThese females were lactating and the antennae on their collars became badly damaged, presumably by cubs. This was probably the main cause of their low fix success rates. bMass for these individuals may have changed as they were caught and weighed considerably before the data collection period. Foxes 4190, 4400, 4590 and 4780 were caught in September 2014, and Foxes 5590, 6010 and 6410 in November 2014.