SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL/ONLINE RESOURCES
Impact of human land-use patterns and climatic variables on badger (Meles meles) foraging behaviour in
Ireland.
Stephen Elliott1, John O’Brien1* and Thomas J. Hayden1
1
School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND.
*Corresponding author:
Address: Brannoxtown, Trim, Co. Meath, IRELAND.
Email: yosmiley33@gmail.com
Telephone: +353 86 231 0395
Online Resource 1 – Correlation coefficients (black text) between DISTANCE/FIX and climatic variables, with
associated p values (orange text). Positive correlations are highlighted in blue, negative ones in red. Stronger
correlations exhibit deeper shading. DBT – dry bulb temperature (°C), RH – relative humidity (%), Max T –
maximum temperature ( °C), Min T – minimum temperature ( °C), Mean T – mean temperature ( °C), Grass T –
grass temperature ( °C), Soil T – soil temperature at 100mm ( °C), Sunshine (hours), Rainfall (mm).
-0.15
0.07
0.12
0.15
0.14
0.1
-0.07
0.37
0.1
0.21
0
1
0.19
0.02
NA
0.69
0.16
0.05
Distance/Fix
-0.01
0.92
0.36
0
0.96
0
0.62
0
0.91
0
0.79
0
0.92
0
NA
0
DBT
NA
0.92
NA
0
NA
0
NA
0.33
NA
0
NA
0.1
NA
0
RH
-0.08
0.33
0.46
0
0.9
0
0.58
0
0.95
0
0.77
0
Max T
0.09
0.27
0.08
0.32
0.76
0
0.92
0
0.94
0
Min T
0
0.97
0.3
0
0.89
0
0.79
0
Mean T
0.15
0.07
-0.1
0.21
0.6
0
Grass T
-0.03
0.72
0.36
0
Soil T
-0.19
0.02
Sunshine
Rainfall
Online Resource 2
Correlation coefficients (black text) and associated p values (blue text) for the variables included in the final
GLMM. Positive correlations are highlighted in blue, negative ones in red. Stronger correlations exhibit deeper
shading.
0.19
0.02
-0.15
0.07
0.2
0.01
-0.17
0.04
-0.09
0.29
-0.15
0.07
-0.29
0
Distance/Fix
0
0.98
-0.06
0.47
0.16
0.05
-0.22
0.01
-0.28
0
-0.29
0
Sex
0.17
0.03
0.11
0.17
-0.39
0
-0.03
0.75
0.21
0.01
Age
-0.01
0.89
0.15
0.07
0.08
0.35
0.55
0
Season
-0.5
0
0.09
0.29
-0.01
0.93
Night
0.05
0.53
0.05
0.54
Cereal
0.08
0.33
Rainfall
Max T
Online Resource 3 – Foraging ranges (95% FK) for nine studied badgers – pale green (LU), dark blue (SG),
yellow (G), red (A), orange (B), dark green (BB), black (MP), pink (S), pale blue (L). Black triangles denote
main setts.
Online Resource 4 – Core foraging areas for nine studied badgers – pale green (LU), dark blue (SG), yellow
(G), red (A), orange (B), dark green (BB), black (MP), pink (S), pale blue (L). Black triangles denote main
setts.
Online Resource 5 – Calculated values of Relative Use (plus SE) according to the method of DeGregorio et al.
(2011) (see Methods for description).
Pasture
Arable
Woodland
Human Habitation
Marginal Habitat
Relative Use
Landscape
Home Range
Mean
SE
Mean
SE
0.028281 0.045014 0.016568 0.018523
-0.02433 0.03816 -0.03343 0.018061
-0.00124 0.00111 -1.7E-05 0.001025
-0.01194 0.003869 -0.00226 0.004259
0.012926 0.011797 0.019133 0.007682
Online Resource 6 - Fitted values versus residuals for the final GLMM.
Online Resource 7 – Distribution of residuals for the final GLMM.
Online Resource 8 – Observed versus fitted values for the final GLMM.
Online Resource 9 – Correlation between Distance/Fix and Night Length for the four seasons.
Online Resource 10 - Cumulative area plots of 95% MCP home range (all fixes) against radiotracking effort
(number of radiotracking sessions).
400
350
300
95% MCP area (ha)
S
250
A
B
200
BB
G
150
L
100
LU
MP
50
0
1
6
11
16
21
26
31
36
41
Radiotracking Effort
46
51
56
61