Table 4 Mean badger social group size for secondary (SSC) and main sett clusters (MSC and MSCR) at the 13 study sites in France, based on (i) adults using camera traps (ad_SSC, ad_MSC, ad_MSCR) and (ii) badgers (adults and cubs) using camera traps and genetic identification (badger_SSC, badger_MSC, badger_MSCR)

A

1.00

1.00

1.50

2.25

3.00

5.43

B

1.00

2.00

1.75

3.50

2.29

5.71

C

2.00

3.50

1.40

1.60

2.00

4.30

D

1.60

2.00

2.25

2.50

2.20

5.20

E

1.47*

1.81*

1.13

1.13

1.75

4.50

F

1.33

1.33

1.25

1.25

2.00

4.00

G

1.50

2.00

1.00

1.00

1.67

2.67

H

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.50

4.00

I

1.47*

1.81*

1.50

1.50

2.00

5.17

J

1.00

1.00

1.25

1.75

1.40

3.40

K

2.00

2.00

1.29

1.29

1.60

3.40

L

1.47*

1.81*

1.00

1.29

2.00

5.75

M

1.00

1.00

1.56

2.11

1.80*

4.15*

Mean ± SD

1.34 ± 0.41

1.68 ± 0.80

1.37 ± 0.35

1.70 ± 0.72

1.95 ± 0.43

4.46 ± 1.01