Breaking down population density into different components to better understand its spatial variation

Table 1 Number of setts detected in the walked transects survey and number used to determine social group size in the 13 study sites (from A to M) in France

Study site	Density of sett clusters estimation					Group size estimation
Study site	Number of setts detected	Number of sett clusters formed	p_SSC	p_MSC	p_MSCR	Number of setts surveyed	Number of secondary sett clusters with results	Number of main sett clusters with results
A	78	24	0.13	0.13	0.13	19	2	11
B	40	23	0.13	0.26	0.22	27	1	15
C	35	21	0.10	0.14	0.33	20	2	15
D	66	29	0.52	0.17	0.14	20	5	9
E	35	18	0.06	0.39	0.17	16	0	12
F	36	22	0.32	0.23	0.05	17	3	5
G	38	18	0.22	0.17	0.17	9	2	6
H	46	26	0.38	0.27	0.08	16	2	9
I	29	15	0.07	0.47	0.27	20	0	14
J	21	16	0.06	0.25	0.06	16	1	13
K	68	34	0.21	0.41	0.15	20	1	12
L	11	11	0.09	0.82	0.00	14	0	11
M	30	16	0.13	0.56	0.00	17	1	9
Total/mean	533	273	0.18	0.33	0.13	231	20	141

p_SSC, p_MSC, and p_MSCR correspond respectively to the proportion of occupied (i) secondary sett clusters (SSC), (ii) main sett clusters without reproduction (MSC), and (iii) main sett clusters with reproduction (MSCR) per site

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