Fixed variables | Description of variables | Data type |
Group size | Socials, Number of conspecifics within 3 m of focal hare, solitary (when there was no other animal within 3 m of focal hare) | Binary |
Initial activities | The type of animal activity when observer started the approaching: either foraging or vigilant | Binary |
Starting distance | Distance (m) between experimenter and focal hare when the former begins approach | Continuous |
Distance to refuge | Distance (m) from each focal hare flight position to the nearest vegetation patches | Continuous |
Trails number | Each number of trails was observations carried out for hare. | Continuous |
Year | Year of study: 2015, 2019, 2020 | Categorical |
Seasons | Summer and winter observations for focal hare | Binary |
Topography |
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Elevation | Altitudes converted into DEM by TIN in 3D analysis with projected UTM (43-N) for each coordinate of trials | Continuous |
Viewshed | Viewshed analysis determines areas visible and not visible on a triangulated irregular network (TIN) from one (e.g., dense sampling sites) to many observation sites | Continuous |
Vegetation height | Forest/shrubland height estimated, Tall (>5 m), grassland, barren land Short (<5 m) | Binary |
Anthropogenic factor |
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Presences of humans | Presence of additional pedestrians within each transects (e.g. tourist hikers, livestock farmers, hunters) | Binary |
Road | Distance from each location point to the periphery of the nearest roads including high-traffic and low-traffic roads | Continuous |