Data

Data Table

Table 1. A table showing the data used in this study to examine the effects that curved, straight or no cutlines have on the predation of small, medium or large animals by wolves.

Data

In our study, data was gathered from two different sites. These sites are labeled as Sites A and B in the table. At each site, there are three different treatment categories that were considered within data collection. These categories are our predictor variables and include legacy cutlines, low-impact cutlines and areas without cutlines. At each site, along each type of cutline, there are ten points of collection. In total the experiment had 30 points per site and with a total of 60 points across both sites.

Our experimental units are the type of cutline or lack of cutline at each point.

The columns labeled "Small", "Medium" and "Large" show the amount of animals in each size category preyed upon by wolves at each point. The columns represent our sampling units and are populated with data from our trail cameras that where left out for a month at each site, as described in the methods. This was done to observe differences in the amount of prey in each size category being killed by wolves within the two types of cutlines. For example, does having a straight cutline make it easier for a wolf to spot and kill a large mammal than a smaller mammal within that same cutline type? Is this outcome the same across all cutline types or is their variation of the proportion of prey killed within each type?

The response variable is the number of prey species predated upon by wolves at each site within the different types of cutlines.

Exploratory Graphics

Fig.5 A box plot comparing the amount of small animals predated upon by wolves in legacy cutlines, low-impact cutlines and areas with no cutlines in sites A and B.

Fig.6 A box plot comparing the amount of medium sized animals predated upon by wolves in legacy cutlines, low-impact cutlines and areas with no cutlines in sites A and B.

Fig.7 A box plot comparing the amount of large animals predated upon by wolves in legacy cutlines, low-impact cutlines and areas with no cutlines in sites A and B.

Fig.8 A line plot showing the mean number of small animals predated upon in each cutline type in sites A and B, as well as their standard errors.

Fig.9 A line plot showing the mean number of medium animals predated upon in each cutline type in sites A and B, as well as their standard errors.

Fig.10 A line plot showing the mean number of large animals predated upon in each cutline type in sites A and B, as well as their standard errors.

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