Table 3. Results of nest and dung decay time estimates.

Species	Model	AIC1	AICw2	Decay time (days)	Lower CI3(days)	Upper CI3 (days)	Int4	Time	Logtime5	Rec time6
Chimpanzee	Left-truncated	52.4	0.49	149	130	160	4.35	−0.03
	Log	53.3	0.31	167	132	266	16.42		−3.31
	Reciprocal	54.2	0.17	149	127	181	4.47	−0.03		6.70
	Mean			155	130	198
Ape	Left-truncated	69.6	0.53	153	126	202	2.60	−0.02
	Log	72.7	0.11	262	145	646	8.72		−1.74
	Reciprocal	70.3	0.36	148	124	182	3.60	−0.02		3.37
	Mean			151	125	194
Elephant	Left-truncated	80.1	0.58	137	123	153	5.76	−0.04
	Log	81.7	0.26	123	170	24	24.23		−4.97
	Reciprocal	82.8	0.16	138	122	150	5.06	−0.04		7.24
	Mean			138	123	157

¹Akaike information criterion;

²Akaike information criterion weight;

³Confidence interval;

⁴Interval;

⁵Logarithmic time;

⁶Reciprocal time.