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Table 4 Distribution of input mobility patterns parameters for each of the six identified clusters

From: Characterizing mobility patterns of forest goers in southern Lao PDR using GPS loggers

Cluster

1

2

3

4

5

6

Proposed label

Day forest trips

Overnight forest trips

Day non-forest trips

Short forest trips

Short non-forest trips

Overnight non-forest trips

Count (%)

275 (34%)

75 (9%)

183 (23%)

197 (25%)

58 (7%)

15 9 (2%)

Percent of overnight trips (%)

0

100

0

0

0

100

Percent of twilight/ dawn trips (%)

97.1

0.0

71

21.8

46.6

0.0

Mean average tree crown cover along

trip [IQR]

62.2 [49.1; 77.5]

71.8 [59.6; 85.9]

20.2 [6.2; 31.3]

63.4 [52.6; 75.2]

13.5 [0; 26.3]

14.6 [0.5; 28.5]

Mean max tree crown cover along trip [IQR]

84.7 [79.3; 93.4]

90 [85.6; 95.1]

38.6 [22.4; 55.6]

81.5 [75.4; 91]

16.4 [0; 27.4]

41.9 [6.4; 78.7]

Mean proportion of trip with tree crown cover above 50% [IQR]

0.7 [0.5; 0.9]

0.8 [0.8; 1]

0.1 [0; 0.1]

0.7 [0.6; 1]

0 [0; 0]

0 [0; 0]

Mean trip duration (h) [IQR]

8.8 [6.7; 10.7]

67.4 [36.4; 83.5]

8 [4.5; 11.2]

4.7 [3.3; 5.2]

6.8 [3.9; 10.4]

55.6 [30.8; 48]

Mean trip distance (km) [IQR]

6.4 [3.7; 8.1]

26.6 [15.8; 31.7]

4.9 [1.9; 5.2]

2.5 [1.5; 3.2]

1.5 [1; 2]

15.2 [3.5; 28]

Mean max speed along trip (kmh) [IQR]

3.6 [2.2; 3.9]

6.2 [3.5; 7.4]

3.3 [1.8; 4.1]

1.8 [1.1; 2.4]

1.2 [0.9; 1.7]

3.9 [1.4; 6.7]

Mean proportion of trip at significant location [IQR]

0.5 [0.2; 0.7]

0.7 [0.7; 0.9]

0.6 [0.2; 0.9]

0.3 [0; 0.6]

0.8 [0.7; 1]

0.8 [0.7; 1]

Mean number of stop at significant location along trip [IQR]

2 [2; 3]

3.1 [2; 3]

1.7 [1; 2]

1.3 [0; 2]

1.7 [2; 2]

2.3 [2; 2.5]

Mean average population density

along trip [IQR]

0.9 [0.5; 1.3]

0.6 [0.3; 0.8]

1.3 [0.7; 1.7]

1 [0.6; 1.4]

3 [1.1; 4.6]

2.8 [1.6; 4.4]

  1. Along with Fig. 6, these numbers are suggestive of what the best labels would be for the clusters