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Table 1 Parameters describing the post-release movement and home ranges of individual Chinese giant salamanders reintroduced to the Heihe (3 year old animals) and Donghe (5 year old animals) rivers in central China

From: Spatial distribution and seasonal movement patterns of reintroduced Chinese giant salamanders

Animal ID

na

Sedentariness

Daily movement (m)b

LHR (m)c

MCP (m2)d

Statuse

Heihe

 202

2

¯

17 (n = 1)

10

¯

M*

 235

403

0.29

9 (n = 274) [4–107]

246

18,876

A

 251

47

0.29

12 (n = 29) [4–100]

194

5534

Mâ—†

 273f

126

0.38

9 (n = 73) [4–262]

2364

302,433

U

 291

4

¯

6 (n = 3) [4–77]

80

210

Mâ– 

 351

5

¯

10.5 (n = 2) [9–12]

16

78

M*

 392

12

0.09

10.5 (n = 10) [5–89]

176

2588

M*

 412

180

0.22

7 (n = 131) [4–70]

64

3571

U

 431f

121

0.25

10 (n = 84) [4–132]

1083

24,726,132

U

 472f

46

0.53

20 (n = 19) [4–85]

9524

959,773

U

 531

397

0.28

8 (n = 271) [4–298]

392

25,625

A

 571

51

0.30

11 (n = 30) [4–60]

91

4301

U

 610

46

0.40

6 (n = 24) [4–215]

401

17,182

U

 710

3

¯

7 (n = 2) [6–8]

12

1

M*

 730f

55

0.41

10.5 (n = 26) [4–113]

3865

574,909

U

Donghe

 101

385

0.29

6 (n = 267) [4–64]

389

11,149

A

 211

326

0.31

6 (n = 216) [4–77]

156

3868

A

 312

155

0.32

6 (n = 98) [4–44]

118

2630

Mâ– 

 332

332

0.20

8 (n = 257) [4–32]

46

1156

A

 371

339

0.24

6 (n = 247) [4–49]

76

2086

A

 450

364

0.22

7 (n = 274) [4–34]

41

828

A

 490 f

327

0.27

6.5 (n = 225) [4–48]

722

44,955

A

 511

401

0.19

7 (n = 316) [4–37]

84

1733

A

 550

76

0.32

6 (n = 44) [4–93]

261

6099

Mâ– 

 591f

262

0.18

9 (n = 207) [4–880]

1730

159,357

U

 630 f

332

0.29

6 (n = 217) [4–21]

762

52,728

U

 651

59

0.27

7 (n = 36) [4–30]

41

634

U

 671

335

0.21

8 (n = 254) [4–54]

151

3610

A

 751

345

0.22

7 (n = 254) [4–100]

560

20,390

A

 770

77

0.29

8 (n = 45) [4–18]

93

1227

Mâ– 

 790

326

0.30

7 (n = 221) [4–79]

542

22,367

A

  1. aTotal number of observations collected
  2. bMedian of distances between sequential daily locations that were > 3 m. Numbers in parentheses indicate sample size and numbers within brackets represent the range of observed values (minimum cut-off of 4 m to represent a daily movement)
  3. cLinear Home Range: length of river section occupied by the salamander during the period it was monitored
  4. dMinimum convex polygons
  5. eSalamander status: A = Alive, U=Undetermined, M = Mortality, with superscripts explaining causes of mortality, where * = dehisced sutures, ◆ = flood, ■ = unknown
  6. fSalamanders moved downstream during floods