Movement
We found that, annually, non-gravid females traveled an average of 54.36
± 34.06 m between successive relocations, and males traveled an average
of 62.73 ± 48.43 m (Table 6). Using an ANOVA comparing the effects of
sex, season, and the interaction of the effects of sex and season on the
average distances moved between successive relocations indicated a
significant difference for only the effect of season (N=9; Sex:
F1,79,0.05= 1.447, p= 0.233; season:
F3,79,0.05= 17.397, p< 0.001; interaction:
F3,79,0.05=0.516, p= 0.672). We concluded that snakes in
this population moved significantly longer distances in summer and fall
than winter and spring (Table 7, Fig. 7) using the a posterioriBonferroni pairwise comparison of the effect of season on average
distance moved between successive relocations.
We also found that male and female snakes did not statistically differ
in their average distances moved during any season (Table 8). Both male
and female snakes shared the same annual trend, increasing distance
moved between successive relocations from winter to fall (Fig. 8).