Table 5.
All-subset averaged models describing the predictors of individuals' patch residency time during foraging in natural and experimental foraging conditions. Importance is measured by Akaike's variable weight
| Fixed effects | Natural |
Experiment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | Upper C.I. | Lower C.I. | Importance | Coefficient | Upper C.I. | Lower C.I. | Importance | |
| (Intercept) | 4.85 | 4.29 | 5.42 | 4.29 | 3.80 | 4.77 | ||
| Rank | −0.05 | −0.17 | 0.07 | 0.93 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 1.00 |
| Social bond strength | 0.04 | −0.13 | 0.22 | 0.96 | 0.01 | −0.18 | 0.19 | 0.78 |
| Social bond balance | −0.23 | −0.35 | −0.11 | 1.00 | −0.11 | −0.34 | 0.13 | 0.73 |
| Relatedness | 0.00 | −0.14 | 0.13 | 0.98 | 0.01 | −0.14 | 0.16 | 0.73 |
| Rank × Social bond strength | −0.13 | −0.25 | −0.02 | 0.73 | −0.12 | −0.24 | 0.01 | 0.54 |
| Rank × Social bond balance | −0.06 | −0.16 | 0.03 | 0.44 | −0.05 | −0.20 | 0.09 | 0.26 |
| Rank × Relatedness | −0.04 | −0.16 | 0.08 | 0.32 | −0.11 | −0.24 | 0.01 | 0.46 |
| Social Bond Strength × Relatedness | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.77 | 0.02 | −0.10 | 0.14 | 0.17 |
| Social Bond Balance × Relatedness | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.83 | 0.06 | −0.08 | 0.20 | 0.22 |
| Social bond strength × Social bond balance | 0.07 | −0.04 | 0.18 | 0.45 | 0.03 | −0.16 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
| Initial intake rate | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 1.00 | −0.04 | −0.17 | 0.09 | 0.95 |
| Initial intake rate × Rank | 0.04 | −0.04 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.89 |
| Initial intake rate × Social bond balance | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.98 | 0.03 | −0.16 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
| Initial intake rate × Social bond strength | – | – | – | 0.05 | −0.06 | 0.17 | 0.27 | |
| Age | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.04 | −0.01 | 0.08 | ||
| Sex (male)1 | −0.29 | −0.69 | 0.11 | 0.18 | −0.28 | 0.64 | ||
| Satiation | – | – | – | 0.05 | −0.10 | 0.20 | ||
| Patch quality | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.86 | 0.52 | 1.20 | ||
| Patch depletion | – | – | – | −0.03 | −0.18 | 0.12 | ||
| Patch species2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Faidherbia albida | −1.17 | −1.82 | −0.52 | – | – | – | ||
| Herb/shrub | −1.34 | −2.22 | −0.45 | – | – | – | ||
| Prosopis glandulosa | −0.88 | −1.98 | 0.23 | – | – | – | ||
| Salvadora persica | −0.89 | −1.79 | 0.02 | – | – | – | ||
| Tapinanthus oleifolius | −0.35 | −1.25 | 0.55 | – | – | – | ||
| Acacia tortilis | −1.53 | −2.82 | −0.23 | – | – | – | ||
| Handling time (low)3 | 0.41 | −0.33 | 1.15 | – | – | – | ||
| No. of patch occupants | 0.54 | 0.29 | 0.79 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.69 | ||
| No. of patch occupants2 | −0.38 | −0.68 | −0.08 | 0.03 | −0.30 | 0.37 | ||
| Time in previous patch | 0.04 | −0.03 | 0.11 | 0.02 | −0.08 | 0.13 | ||
| Mean patch quality | −0.15 | −0.29 | −0.02 | −0.80 | −1.16 | −0.44 | ||
| Patch density | −0.22 | −0.31 | −0.13 | 0.04 | −0.09 | 0.17 | ||
Reference category = 1female, 2Acacia erioloba, 3high; Bold variables are those with an importance ≥0.80 and confidence intervals that do not cross zero.