Table 1.

Generalized linear mixed model results for the relationship between parameters of the body temperature profiles of hunting cheetah and hunt attributes. Note: cheetah identity was included as a random factor. n = 63 hunts. Italicized values indicate p < 0.05.

	β ± s.e.	Z	p	95% CI
body temperature at time of maximum activity (°C)
success of the hunt	−0.0929 ± 0.1376	−0.68	0.50	−0.3626 to 0.1768
maximum activity during the hunt	0.0019 ± 0.0023	0.82	0.42	−0.0026 to 0.0064
duration of the hunt	0.0033 ± 0.0017	1.94	0.05	−0.0000 to 0.0067
time of day when hunt occurred	0.0840 ± 0.0203	4.14	0.000	0.0443 to 0.1238
air temperature when hunt occurred	−0.0273 ± 0.0126	−2.16	0.03	−0.0521 to −0.0026
maximum body temperature reached (°C)
success of the hunt	−0.8355 ± 0.1445	−5.77	0.000	−1.1194 to −0.5515
maximum activity during the hunt	0.0020 ± 0.0025	0.82	0.42	−0.0028 to 0.0069
duration of the hunt	0.0019 ± 0.0018	1.01	0.31	−0.0017 to 0.0055
time of day when hunt occurred	0.1099 ± 0.0217	5.07	0.000	0.0674 to 0.1524
air temperature when hunt occurred	−0.0089 ± 0.0134	−0.67	0.51	−0.0351 to 0.0173
body temperature increase (°C)
success of the hunt	−26.5421 ± 6.9112	−3.84	0.000	−40.0879 to −12.996
maximum activity during the hunt	−0.1918 ± 0.1154	−1.66	0.10	−0.4180 to 0.0343
duration of the hunt	−0.1010 ± 0.0866	−1.17	0.24	−0.2708 to 0.0688
time of day when hunt occurred	0.5148 ± 1.0295	0.5	0.62	−1.5030 to 2.5326
air temperature when hunt occurred	−0.3758 ± 0.6579	−0.57	0.57	−1.6653 to 0.9136
area under the temperature increase/time curve (°C min)
success of the hunt	−65.3126 ± 14.017	−4.66	0.000	−92.7861 to −37.8392
maximum activity during the hunt	0.0713 ± 0.2378	0.30	0.76	−0.3948 to 0.5375
duration of the hunt	0.4607 ± 0.1782	2.58	0.010	0.1114 to 0.8101
time of day when hunt occurred	2.2280 ± 2.1053	1.06	0.29	−1.8985 to 6.3544
air temperature when hunt occurred	0.0850 ± 1.3149	0.06	0.95	−2.4922 to 2.6623