Variable;"Transect (Mean ± SD)";"Difference (%)";χ2;P;Near;Far "Squirrel density (per ha)";Sightings;"1.86 ± 1.29";"0.79 ± 0.80";135.4;6.26;0.012 "Midden density (per ha)";Primary;"8.78 ± 5.83";"7.00 ± 6.11";25.4;2.83;0.432 "Primary - Active";"1.71 ± 1.54";"1.29 ± 1.20";32.6;0.86;0.408 "Primary - Inactive";"7.07 ± 5.20";"5.71 ± 5.90";23.8;2.02;0.523 Secondary;"394.21 ± 812.85";"288.86 ± 546.79";36.5;1.81;0.36 "Agricultural seeds in middens";"Proportion of middens with seeds";"0.58 ± 0.50";"0.06 ± 0.24";866.7;14.42;<0.001 "Proportion of samples / midden with seeds";"0.19 ± 0.23";"0.02 ± 0.09";850;28.49;0.003 "Bear activity at middens";"All signs";"0.29 ± 0.46";"0.06 ± 0.24";383.3;4.2;0.04 Digging;"0.21 ± 0.41";"0.00 ± 0.00";NA;6.1;0.014 "Digging and agricultural seeds";"0.17 ± 0.38";"0.00 ± 0.00";NA;4.79;0.029 Bedding;"0.00 ± 0.00";"0.06 ± 0.24";NA;1.73;0.189 "Digging at inactive middens";"0.09 ± 0.29";"0.01 ± 0.11";800;6.06;0.014 "Ecological variables";"Forest cover";"68.21 ± 12.1";"71.96 ± 9.04";-5.2;98.75;0.354