3.3 | Seasonal/annual variation in raccoon activity
(Figure 1c)
Raccoon activity varied significantly by survey and year for every site
with the exception of UMBS (Table 2). At the most urban end of the
urban-rural gradient, , raccoon activity was significantly different
between every year surveyed at DMP and SNWR. At UMBS, the comparison
between the two years approached significance (W = 5.53, p =
0.063). While at HMC the results varied, depending on the years
compared. For example, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 comparisons showed that
raccoon time use varied significantly between these years, while raccoon
time use between 2018 and 2019 was similar (W = 3.03, p =
0.220).These results refuted our hypothesis that interannual variation
would be weakest at DMP, instead showing that there is considerable
variation across years at all sites.