Table 4. Parameter estimates for the discrete-time Markov models of fox presence at a sambar deer carcass during a 24-h period.

Previous State	Season	Variable	Estimate
			Median	2.75%	97.5%
Foxes not present	Either	Dog present previous day	0.869	0.270	1.501
	Spring	Intercept	−3.321	−4.615	−1.929
		Distance to farm	−0.295	−0.653	0.097
		Distance to farm2	0.235	−0.093	0.561
		Edible biomass available	0.041	−0.218	0.299
		Edible biomass available2	−0.363	−0.780	0.008
	Winter	Intercept	−3.271	−4.625	−2.069
		Distance to farm	0.180	−0.209	0.561
		Distance to farm2	0.181	−0.151	0.514
		Edible biomass available	−0.093	−0.365	0.222
		Edible biomass available2	−0.015	−0.404	0.361
Foxes present	Either	Dog present previous day	−0.061	−1.014	0.952
	Spring	Intercept	−3.526	−5.359	−1.736
		Distance to farm	−0.869	−1.596	−0.239
		Distance to farm2	0.352	−0.121	0.838
		Edible biomass available	0.937	0.444	1.447
		Edible biomass available2	0.449	−0.298	1.135
	Winter	Intercept	−1.173	−2.650	0.316
		Distance to farm	0.257	−0.177	0.725
		Distance to farm2	0.126	−0.279	0.537
		Edible biomass available	−0.735	−1.237	−0.283
		Edible biomass available2	−0.506	−1.206	0.144
Transect variance			0.372	0.000	2.569
Carcass variance			0.856	0.338	1.843

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