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.