Table
1. Beta coefficients (β) and upper and lower 95% confidence
intervals (CI) for the top scat-based resource selection functions (RSF)
for four carnivores in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains,
Alberta, Canada, 2013 – 2016.
Species |
Variable |
β |
95% CI |
95% CI |
95% CI |
|
|
|
Lower |
Upper |
|
Bear |
Conifer forest |
-0.71 |
-1.23 |
-0.19 |
|
|
Cutblocks |
0.84 |
0.23 |
1.45 |
|
|
NDVI |
0.0002 |
0.00007 |
0.00033 |
|
|
Slope |
0.02 |
0.019 |
0.039 |
|
|
Non-motorized trail use |
0.86 |
0.41 |
1.31 |
|
|
Distance to motorized trail/road |
0.00005 |
0.00003 |
0.00007 |
|
|
Non-motorized trail use*Distance to motorized trail/road |
0.00005 |
0.00001 |
0.00009 |
|
Cougar |
Conifer forest |
-1.92 |
-3.38 |
-0.46 |
|
|
Forest edge density |
8.39 |
1.12 |
15.56 |
|
Coyote |
Shrub |
2.63 |
0.21 |
5.05 |
|
|
Slope |
-0.05 |
-0.08 |
-0.02 |
|
|
Non-motorized trail use |
1.62 |
1.27 |
1.97 |
|
|
Distance to motorized trail/road |
0.00006 |
0.00004 |
0.00008 |
|
Wolf |
Distance to streams |
-0.0001 |
-0.00015 |
-0.00005 |
|
|
Cutblocks |
-2.47 |
-4.48 |
-0.46 |
|
|
Slope |
-0.04 |
-0.06 |
-0.02 |
|
|
Non-motorized trail use |
1.29 |
0.99 |
1.59 |
|
|
Distance to motorized trail/road |
0.00005 |
0.00004 |
0.00006 |
|