Table 5.
Shelter selection of Sminthopsis psammophila grouped by sex and reproductive status. Sum totals are given in the top row for each category and mean ± SD in italics.
| Group (n individuals tracked) | Shelters | Shelter days | Days before moving | Distance between shelters (m) | dist.Crest (m) | Burrow shelter days | Spinifex (Triodia spp.) shelter days | Lepidobolus deserti shelter days | Schoenus hexandru s shelter days | Log shelter days | Bark shelter days | Mallee stump shelter days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reproductive male (RM; n = 15) | 51 | 106 | - | - | - | 94 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 ± 2 | 7 ± 5 | 3 ± 2 | 212 ± 239 | 85 ± 79 | 6 ± 4 | 0 ± 1 | 0 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | |
| Nonreproductive male (nRM; n = 10) | 74 | 96 | - | - | - | 62 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 ± 2 | 10 ± 4 | 1 ± 0 | 127 ± 44 | 173 ± 275 | 6 ± 4 | 2 ± 2 | 1 ± 3 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | |
| Reproductive female (RF; n = 7) | 36 | 83 | - | - | - | 61 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 ± 4 | 12 ± 17 | 1 ± 1 | 120 ± 69 | 392 ± 357 | 9 ± 10 | 1 ± 2 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 1 ± 3 | 1 ± 2 | 0 ± 0 | |
| Nonreproductive female (nRF; n = 8) | 50 | 78 | - | - | - | 61 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 ± 4 | 10 ± 4 | 1 ± 0 | 100 ± 39 | 263 ± 333 | 8 ± 5 | 2 ± 3 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | |
| S. psammophila (n = 40) | 211 | 363 | - | - | - | 278 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 ± 3 | 9 ± 8 | 2 ± 2 | 154 ± 159 | 205 ± 287 | 7 ± 6 | 1 ± 2 | 0 ± 2 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 1 | 0 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 |