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Table 2 Optimal neighborhood size by geographic and population filters in the three study sites

From: Determining optimal neighborhood size for ecological studies using leave-one-out cross validation

Filter type

 

Unguja

  

Pemba

 

Kolkata

 
 

Size

Minimum mean squared errors

Avg.

(min-max)

Size

Minimum mean squared errors

Avg.

(min-max)

Size

Minimum mean squared errors

Avg. (min-max)

Geographic filter

200 m

0.1103

1,921*

(50-3,151)

100 m

0.1089

158*

(4-434)

20 m

0.1166

283*

(2-1,166)

Population filter

1,800

people

0.1104

200 m**

(141 m-1,005 m)

200

people

0.1098

158 m**

(55 m-846 m)

150

people

0.1158

19 m**

(0 m-

292 m)

  1. *population, ** distance in radius