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. 2022 Jun 8;12:9489. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12969-w

Table 2.

Utilisation distribution (UD) overlap (Bhattacharyya’s Affinity119) of pre- and post-moult African penguins at the core (54% UD) and distributional range (90% UD) between (a) pre- and post-moult stages, (b) year and stage at Bird Island, and (c) year and stage at Dassen Island.

At the 54% UD At the 90% UD
Observed overlap Permuted overlap (mean ± SD) p-value (95% CI) Observed overlap Permuted overlap (mean ± SD) p-value (95% CI)
(a) Stage comparisons (pre-moult vs. post-moult)
Bird Island 42.0 50.5 ± 2.4  < 0.01 (< 0.01–0.01) 80.4 82.7 ± 1.8 0.10 (0.08–0.11)
Dassen Island 29.6 37.1 ± 3.01 0.01 (0.01–0.02) 44.0 68.3 ± 3.3  < 0.01 (< 0.01< 0.01)
(b) Year comparison of Bird Island pre-moult UDs
2012 vs 2013 47.8 51.6 ± 1.5 0.02 (0.01–0.03) 81.0 83.3 ± 1.2 0.05 (0.040.06)
(c) Year comparison of Dassen Island pre-moult UDs
2012 vs 2013 21.4 22.67 ± 2.1 0.25 (0.22–0.28) 56.0 55.8 ± 2.9 0.49 (0.46–0.52)
2012 vs 2014 27.4 26.7 ± 2.9 0.53 (0.50–0.56) 48.1 47.8 ± 4.4 0.52 (0.49–0.55)
2012 vs 2018 18.9 27.5 ± 3.3 0.01 (< 0.01–0.01) 50.5 56.6 ± 4.2 0.08 (0.07–0.1)
2012 vs 2019 24.0 30.4 ± 3.45 0.05 (0.03–0.06) 51.1 55.1 ± 3.7 0.13 (0.11–0.16)
2013 vs 2014 21.7 21.7 ± 3.7 0.48 (0.45–0.51) 38.7 53.0 ± 5.3 0.01 (< 0.010.02)
2013 vs 2018 21.6 28.2 ± 3.8 0.06 (0.05–0.08) 54.9 64.7 ± 3.6 0.02 (0.010.03)
2013 vs 2019 22.6 28.0 ± 3.4 0.07 (0.06–0.09) 53.5 62.4 ± 4.1 0.03 (0.020.04)
2014 vs 2018 25.7 26.8 ± 4.7 0.36 (0.33–0.39) 49.1 56.34 ± 6.8 0.13 (0.11–0.15)
2014 vs 2019 34.5 32.4 ± 5.7 0.63 (0.60–0.66) 56.6 59.5 ± 7.3 0.34 (0.31–0.37)
2018 vs 2019 35.7 35.5 ± 4.0 0.44 (0.41–0.47) 65.8 67.3 ± 4.3 0.29 (0.26–0.32)

Significantly different UDs (bold) were identified by comparing the real (observed) overlap to the distribution of overlaps from 1000 permutations of either the stage or year labels where appropriate.