Niche partitioning between sympatric wild canids: the case of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in north-eastern Italy

Table 6 Activity patterns of the golden jackal and the red fox in Friuli–Venezia Giulia region (March 2017–November 2018): non-uniformity of distributions and species temporal overlap

Season	Species	Single distributions		Distribution overlap
Season	Species	U²	P	Δ₁ (CI)	Two-sample U²	P
Warm season	Golden jackal	0.84	< 0.01	0.77 (0.65–0.88)	0.13	> 0.10
Warm season	Red fox	2.11	< 0.01	0.77 (0.65–0.88)	0.13	> 0.10
Cold season	Golden jackal	1.45	< 0.01	0.82 (0.69–0.93)	0.10	> 0.10
Cold season	Red fox	0.57	< 0.01	0.82 (0.69–0.93)	0.10	> 0.10

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