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Table 2 Ranking matrix for the second-order and third-order selection of lesser cuckoos using pairwise preference comparisons

From: Habitat selection in the lesser cuckoo, an avian brood parasite breeding on Jeju Island, Korea

  

Habitats

Selection scale

Habitats

Field

Grassland

Forest

Orchard

AA

Rank

Second-order

Field

 

0.21

0.16

0.3

1.37

1

 

Grassland

  

− 0.05

1.09

1.16

3

 

Forest

   

0.14

1.21

2

 

Orchard

    

1.07

4

 

AA

     

5

Third-order (males)

Field

 

0.02

1.09

0.9

1.05

1

 

Grassland

  

1.07

0.88

1.03

2

 

Forest

   

− 0.19

− 0.04

5

 

Orchard

    

0.15

3

 

AA

     

4

Third-order (females)

Field

 

− 0.61

− 0.004

0.45

0.81

3

 

Grassland

  

0.61

1.07

1.42

1

 

Forest

   

0.46

0.81

2

 

Orchard

    

0.36

4

 

AA

     

5

  1. Each value represents the difference in habitat preference calculated by the equation: Pab = ln(userow/availabilityrow) – ln(usecolumn/availabilitycolumn). Thus, the positive values indicate that the row habitat type is preferred over the column habitat type, and vice versa. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) are in bold. The rightmost column represents resultant habitat preference ranks, which are determined by counting positive habitat preference values with other compared habitat types
  2. AA anthropogenic area