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. 2018 Mar 8;8:4173. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22638-6

Table 2.

Coefficient of overlap (∆), coefficient of determination (R), and Watson’s U2 statistic (U2) comparing activity curve estimates (derived from 7 sub-sample sizes of camera detections) to the estimates derived from the respective complete dataset of active and passive camera trapping detections of 4 species, Fort Bragg Military Installation, North Carolina, USA, 2011–2012.

Species Method Test 500 250 100 50 25 20 10
Coyote Active 0.97 0.89 0.87 0.83 0.8 0.67
R 0.99* 0.95* 0.96* 0.80* 0.78* 0.63*
U2 0.007 0.07 0.05 0.09 0.10 0.06
Passive 0.97 0.91 0.91 0.87 0.86 0.84 0.71
R 0.99* 0.94* 0.95* 0.93* 0.91* 0.87* 0.77*
U2 0.02 0.21* 0.09 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.07
Fox squirrel Active 0.98 0.88 0.93 0.73 0.79
R 0.99* 0.94* 0.97* 0.8* 0.85*
U2 0.003 0.06 0.03 0.12 0.05
Passive 0.92 0.89 0.9 0.71
R 0.97* 0.94* 0.95* 0.76*
U2 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.06
Wild turkey Active 0.94 0.88 0.8 0.78 0.78
R 0.98* 0.96* 0.91* 0.84* 0.83*
U2 0.02 0.08 0.05 0.06 0.06
Passive 0.94 0.87 0.83 0.84
R 0.99* 0.92* 0.90* 0.91*
U2 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.02
White-tailed deer Active 0.94 0.98 0.9 0.91 0.88 0.82 0.79
R 0.98* 0.97* 0.94* 0.96* 0.91* 0.9 * 0.83 *
U2 0.11 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.08 0.05
Passive 0.94 0.85 0.9 0.74 0.62
R 0.98* 0.89* 0.94* 0.69* 0.56*
U2 0.02 0.07 0.03 0.13 0.13

*Denotes significance at alpha = 0.05. Blank spaces were not tested because the sample size was not available.