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Appendix A. Comparing support of the covariates weight and sex in mark-resight models.

Table A1. Results of model selection for mark-resight analyses comparing the influence of the covariates weight (weight (kg) of animal) or sex (male or female) on the parameters α and σ for bobcats and pumas on the Western Slope (WS) and Front Range (FR) of Colorado, USA.

Study Area

Species

Modela,b

K

AICc

ΔAICc

wi

Deviance

WS

Bobcat

α(Weight) σ(Weight)

5

111.69

0.00

0.94

97.69

α(Sex) σ(Sex)

5

117.19

5.50

0.06

103.19

WS

Puma

α(Weight) σ(Weight)

5

73.31

0.00

0.77

48.31

α(Sex) σ(Sex)

5

75.75

2.43

0.23

50.75

FR

Bobcat

α(Weight) σ(Weight)

5

91.22

0.00

0.89

75.77

α(Sex) σ(Sex)

5

95.33

4.11

0.11

79.88

FR

Puma

α(Sex) σ(Sex)

5

78.39

0.00

0.55

53.39

α(Weight) σ(Weight)

5

78.78

0.39

0.45

53.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a α = alpha (intercept for mean resighting rate); σ = sigma (individual heterogeneity level)

b Due to lack of model convergence when multiple covariates were evaluated for the parameter sigma, one covariate was evaluated for each parameter in models for comparisons.


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