European Bison: Changes in Species Acceptance Following Plans for Translocation

Online resource 5 European bison: changes in species acceptance following plans for translocation European Journal of Wildlife Research Linas Balčiauskas, Martynas Kazlauskas, Laima Balčiauskienė Corresponding author Linas Balčiauskas Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected]

Table ESM_5 Factors explaining bison acceptance (factor loads after Varimax rotation with Kaiser normalization are presented). Questions were formulated as “If free bison herd lived in your neighborhood, how would … change?” Factors Analysed questions 1 2 3 Children safety .122 .056 .817 Price of real estate .218 .092 .807 Expenses for crop protection .066 .794 .248 Expenses for cattle protection -.015 .852 .124 Possibilities of commercial hunting .519 .403 -.169 Possibilities of eco-tourism .817 .123 .233 Possibilities of rural tourism .851 .017 .216 Regional income .762 .074 .146 Explained variance, % ot the total variance 34.4 16.2 13.6

Before performing factor analysis, we tested sampling adequacy and found it acceptable: Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy was KMO=0.731 (overall accepted value is 0.6), Bartlett's Test of Sphericity χ2=1363.8, df=36, p<0.0001. Using the extraction level >0.4, eight out of nine items were analysed further. The question “If a free-ranging bison herd lived in your neighbourhood, how would the level of conflict between inhabitants change?” was eliminated from the analysis.