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. 2024 Jan 23;12:8. doi: 10.1186/s40462-023-00445-7

Table 3.

Best AIC-ranked ecological distance SCR model results for female and male black bears in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, including untransformed maximum likelihood estimates (MLE), associated standard errors (SE), and 95% confidence intervals (CI)

Parameter and coefficient description MLE SE 95% CI MLE SE 95% CI
Females Males

p0

(baseline

detection probability)

Intercept (bear rub)  − 6.20 0.30 − 6.8 to − 5.61  − 7.77 0.29 − 8.37 to 7.17
β rub behavior 0.99 0.10 0.79–1.20 1.35 0.09 1.16–1.54
β bear rub effort  − 0.04 0.09 − 0.03 to 0.33 0.16 0.07 0.02 to 0.29
β hair snare 0.73 0.37 0.01–1.46  − 0.05 0.30 − 0.64 to 0.53
β hair snare effort 2.47 0.34 1.79–3.14 3.63 0.31 3.02–4.24
β forest cover 0.15 0.08 0.01–0.30 0.09 0.07 − 0.03 to 0.23
β Julian day 0.25 0.09 0.07–0.42 5.05 0.49 4.09–6.01
β std. of terrain curvature  − 0.09 0.06 − 0.22 to 0.02  − 0.22 0.06 − 0.33 to − 0.10
β Julian day quadratic effect  − 1.95 0.21 − 2.36 to − 1.53
σ (spatial scaling) Intercept 0.55 0.09 0.36–0.74 1.04 0.21 0.63–1.45
δ (resistance or cost of movement) β drainages binary  − 0.53 0.15 − 0.83 to − 0.23
β forest cover  − 0.85 0.29 − 1.41 to − 0.29
β distance to drainages 1.50 0.45 0.62–2.39
β transportation corridor 2.20 0.30 1.61–2.79

Density

(bears per 4km2 pixel)

Intercept (D0)  − 0.44 0.13 − 0.69 to − 0.19  − 0.99 0.09 − 1.81 to − 0.81
β forest cover 0.22 0.11 0.00–0.44 0.04 0.19 − 0.33 to 0.42
β grizzly density  − 0.18 0.09 − 0.35 to − 0.01