Table 3. Parameter estimates for the discrete-time Markov models of wild dog presence at a sambar deer carcass during a 24-h period.

Previous State	Season	Variable	Estimate
			Median	2.75%	97.5%
Dogs not present	Either	Fox present previous day	−0.025	−0.779	0.661
	Spring	Intercept	−2.231	−4.399	0.112
		Distance to farm	0.162	−0.092	0.429
		Distance to farm2	−0.137	−0.369	0.092
		Edible biomass available	−0.032	−0.346	0.306
		Edible biomass available2	−1.077	−1.555	−0.569
	Winter	Intercept	−0.650	−3.336	1.869
		Distance to farm	0.076	−0.774	0.911
		Distance to farm2	−1.067	−2.025	−0.231
		Edible biomass available	−1.574	−3.524	0.240
		Edible biomass available2	−2.220	−4.427	−0.093
Dogs present	Either	Fox present previous day	1.361	0.189	2.649
	Spring	Intercept	−2.894	−5.000	−0.475
		Distance to farm	0.527	0.133	0.930
		Distance to farm2	−0.445	−0.737	−0.132
		Edible biomass available	−0.588	−0.971	−0.195
		Edible biomass available2	−0.268	−0.766	0.236
	Winter	Intercept	−0.375	−2.709	2.148
		Distance to farm	0.106	−0.576	0.868
		Distance to farm2	−0.127	−0.671	0.454
		Edible biomass available	−1.121	−2.259	−0.117
		Edible biomass available2	−1.681	−3.023	−0.456
Transect variance			2.547	0.120	11.763
Carcass variance			0.137	0.000	0.584

The superscripts in ‘Distance to farm²’ and ‘Edible biomass available²’ are quadratic terms.