Table 2. Summary of supported male cougar models for Human + Habitat, no cattle (a–e), Human + Habitat, with cattle (f–g), Human + Habitat Interaction, no cattle (h-n) and Human + Habitat Interaction, with cattle (o).
| Model Description | K | LL | AICc | ΔAICc | w | % dev. expl. | |
| null model (USE) | 1 | –1018.75 | 2039.6 | 802.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| a | hdens hdens2 diroad pprot dinedge elev elev2 conif diwat | 10 | –606.89 | 1241.1 | 4.1 | 0.05 | 40.43 |
| b | * hdens hdens2 diroad dinedge elev elev2 | 7 | –613.35 | 1244.1 | 7.0 | 0.01 | 39.79 |
| c | hdens hdens2 diroad dinedge elev elev2 tri tri2 | 9 | –609.75 | 1243.3 | 6.3 | 0.02 | 40.15 |
| d | hdens hdens2 diroad dinedge elev elev2 pprot | 8 | –609.05 | 1238.6 | 1.6 | 0.16 | 40.22 |
| e | hdens hdens2 diroad pprot dinedge elev elev2 mixed shrub diwat | 11 | –605.58 | 1242.3 | 5.2 | 0.03 | 40.56 |
| f | cattled cattled2 hdens hdens diroad pprot dinedge elev elev2 conif diwat | 12 | –605.28 | 1245.7 | 8.7 | 0.00 | 40.59 |
| g | cattled cattled2 hdens hdens2 diroad dinedge elev elev pprot | 10 | –607.56 | 1242.5 | 5.4 | 0.02 | 40.36 |
| h | diroad dinedge elev elev2 mixed shrub diroad×mixed diroad×shrub | 9 | –608.81 | 1241.4 | 4.4 | 0.04 | 40.24 |
| i | diroad dinedge elev elev2 mixed shrub diwat diroad×mixed diroad×shrub | 10 | –606.78 | 1240.9 | 3.8 | 0.05 | 40.44 |
| j | diroad pprot dinedge elev elev mixed shrub diwat diroad×mixed diroad×shrub diroad×pprot | 12 | –602.11 | 1239.4 | 2.3 | 0.11 | 40.90 |
| k | hdens hdens2 diroad dinedge elev elev2 pprot diroad×pprot hdens×pprot | 10 | –608.15 | 1243.6 | 6.6 | 0.01 | 40.30 |
| l | ** hdens hdens diroad dinedge elev elev2 mixed shrub diroad×mixed diroad×shrub hdens×mixed hdens×shrub | 13 | –598.78 | 1237.0 | 0.0 | 0.35 | 41.22 |
| m | hdens hdens2 diroad dinedge elev elev2 mixed shrub diwat diroad×mixed diroad×shrub hdens×mixed hdens×shrub | 14 | –597.37 | 1238.9 | 1.9 | 0.14 | 41.36 |
| n | hdens hdens2 diroad pprot dinedge elev elev2 mixed shrub diwat diroad×mixed diroad×shrub diroad×pprot hdens×mixed hdens×shrub hdens×pprot | 17 | –591.60 | 1243.8 | 6.8 | 0.01 | 41.93 |
| o | cattled cattled2 diroad dinedge elev elev2 mixed shrub diwat cattled×mixed cattled×shrub diroad×mixed diroad×shrub | 14 | –601.38 | 1246.9 | 9.9 | 0.00 | 40.97 |
*
Bold represents top model based on % deviance explained.
**
Bold represents top model ranked using ΔAICc.
× refers to interaction between variables.