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. 2012 Feb 21;7(2):e31517. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031517

Table 2. Model (binomial GLMM) on nest predation risk during the incubation (n = 923) and nestling period (n = 839) in relation to different habitat structures.

Fixed effects estimate se z-value p-value
Incubation period
Intercept 1.712 0.496 3.4 0.0005
Woodland distance −0.009 0.005 1.7 0.092
Crop distance −0.017 0.006 2.9 0.004
House distance 0.005 0.005 −0.9 0.323
Road distance −0.002 0.004 0.4 0.718
FLH −1.248 0.523 2.4 0.011
FLH * woodland distance 0.019 0.008 −2.3 0.023
FLH * crop distance 0.020 0.008 −2.5 0.013
Nestling period
Intercept 2.417 0.457 5.3 <0.0001
Woodland distance −0.002 0.004 0.5 0.61
Crop distance −0.003 0.004 0.7 0.46
House distance 0.004 0.005 −0.9 0.36
Road distance 0.003 0.004 −0.7 0.46
FLH 0.502 0.235 −2.1 0.03

Habitat structures = distance from the nest to woodland or crop edge, and field layer height (FLH) around the nest site (tall or short; reference category = short). Year and territory identity were included as crossed random effects (Incubation: variance year = 0.14, territory = <0.0001; Nestling: variance year = 0.31, territory = 0.38). Dropped non-significant interaction terms incubation stage model: FLH*house distance p = 0.85; FLH*road distance p = 0.44. Dropped non-significant interaction terms nestling stage model: FLH*woodland distance p = 0.65; FLH*crop distance p = 0.35; FLH*house distance p = 0.13; FLH*road distance p = 0.55.