Table 2.

Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r > 0.3 shown in bold) between areas in sq. km of different concentrations of HWCs and land use category (animal name_1: more than 1 victim per 2 km², animal name_2: max. 1 victim per 2 km², animal name_3: max. 1 victim per 4 km²).

Land Use Category	Density of Victims by Chosen Groups of Attackers
	All3	All2	All1	Bear3	Bear2	Bear1	Elephant3	Leopard3	Leopard2	Rhino3	Rhino2	Tiger3	Wildboar3
Sandy area	0.0903	0.0720	0.0654	0.0694	0.0771	0.1015	0.1194	0.1050	0.0921	0.0623	0.0152	0.1771	0.0959
Forest land	0.4049	0.3150	0.3154	0.4529	0.3010	0.1779	0.5771	0.2986	0.0168	0.2948	0.2568	0.3336	0.1543
Bush/shrub land	0.0289	0.0377	0.0419	0.0138	0.0002	0.0010	0.0252	0.0258	0.0070	0.0478	0.1253	0.0443	0.0897
Cultivated land	0.3483	0.4581	0.4917	0.4016	0.5365	0.7911	0.1973	0.4241	0.8170	0.4571	0.5410	0.2996	0.5948
Grass land	0.0738	0.0662	0.0528	0.0413	0.0677	0.1009	0.0457	0.0873	0.0045	0.0722	0.0177	0.0413	0.0056
Barren land	0.0027	0.0053	0.0027	0.0063	0.0052	0.0042	0.0069	0.0032	0.0000	0.0032	0.0137	0.0000	0.0001
Built up area	0.0006	0.0007	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0007	0.0009	0.0011	0.0000	0.0011	0.0000
Nursery	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001	0.0000
Orchard	0.0005	0.0008	0.0056	0.0005	0.0011	0.0008	0.0009	0.0010	0.0051	0.0006	0.0005	0.0001	0.0003
Water bodies	0.0489	0.0420	0.0295	0.0142	0.0113	0.0225	0.0276	0.0542	0.0566	0.0601	0.0298	0.1068	0.0591
River cutting/cliffs	0.0002	0.0002	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0005	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001
Scattered trees	0.0009	0.0017	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
Airports	0.0001	0.0003	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0003	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000