Vol . 8, No. 4 
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Table 5- Relat 
Park 4-H Area, 
ion of 
winter , 
rabbit-captures to 
1965- 
presence of 
habitat types on the Allerton 
Type Present 
Type Absent 
Difference 
Habitat 
Type 
Number 
of 
Blocks 
Average 
Number of 
Captures 
Number 
of 
Blocks 
Average 
Number of 
Captures 
in Average 
Number of 
Captures 
Va 1 ue 
of _t 
Trees, closed 
canopy 
75 
2.20 
30 
1 -53 
0.67 
1 .24 
Trees, open 
canopy 
67 
2.21 
38 
1 .66 
0.55 
0.76 
Dense Thicket 
5 4 
3.04 
51 
0.92 
2.12 
4.47+ 
Sparse Thicket 
88 
2.24 
17 
0.82 
1 .42 
2.13* 
Annual Weeds 
63 
2.31 
42 
1 .57 
0.74 
1.34 
Grass 
79 
2.06 
26 
1 .84 
0.22 
0.81 
* Significant at 95 percent level of confidence, 
t Significant at 99 percent level of confidence. 
Table 6. Relat 
canopies and of 
are present in . 
ion of rabbit-captures to presence of stands of 
stands of annual weeds, December 1964 - March 
all 54 blocks considered. 
trees with closed 
1965- Dense thickets 
Type Present 
Type Absent 
Difference 
Habitat 
Type 
Number 
of 
Blocks 
Average 
Number of 
Captures 
Number 
of 
Blocks 
Average 
Number of 
Captures 
in Average 
Number of 
Captures 
Va 1 ue 
of t 
Trees, closed 
canopy 
44 
3.12 
10 
3-00 
0.12 
0.20 
Annual Weeds 
33 
3-70 
21 
2.00 
1 .70 
2.49* 
* Significant at 95 percent level of confidence. 
