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. 2012 Mar 8;7(3):e33469. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033469

Table 2. Most frequent significant variables resulting from nest-site selection in 16 cinereous vulture breeding colonies.

Variable Type Relation nsignif nstud Proportion
Slope Landscape + 8 12 0.67
Tree diameter Microhabitat + 4 6 0.67
Scree presence Landscape + 2 3 0.67
Orientation south Landscape + 3 5 0.60
Distance to track Anthropic + 7 12 0.58
Cork oak cover Landscape + 3 6 0.50
Human population index Anthropic 3 6 0.50
Holm oak cover Landscape 3 6 0.50
Position on upper third of the slope Landscape + 2 4 0.50
Tree height Microhabitat + 3 7 0.43
Distance to road Anthropic + 5 12 0.42
Orientation east Landscape + 3 5 0.60
Distance to nearest nest Others + 2 5 0.40
Altitude Landscape + 6 16 0.37

Relation indicates the type of relationship (positive or negative) of the variable with the selection by the cinereous vulture; (n signif) shows the number of colonies for which the variables was statistically significant; (nstud) indicates the number of colonies in which the variable was studied, and Proportion shows the ratio of the two previous numbers (n1/n2). The table includes variables that were statistically significant more than once and in more than one third of the studied colonies.