Table 3.

Estimates, standard errors (SE), and 2.5–97.5 % confidence limits based on model-averaging from the across-hypotheses model selection of (A) breeding territories vs. control areas (n = 73 pairs) and (B) breeding territories (n = 56) vs. abandoned territories (n = 20)

Hypothesis	Variable	Estimate	SE	2.5 %	97.5 %
(a) Forest structure
Ground variables	Cover of herb layer (lin. term)	0.98	0.45	0.09	1.87
	Cover of herb layer (quad. term)	−0.71	0.28	−1.25	−0.16
	Number of bushes	−0.58	0.37	−1.31	0.15
	Number of tussocks	1.78	0.81	0.18	3.37
Tree variables	Number of trees	0.94	0.31	0.32	1.55
	Tree dbh	−0.48	0.31	−1.09	0.13
	Tree species diversity (lin. term)	−0.22	0.27	−0.75	0.31
	Tree species diversity (quad. term)	0.27	0.21	−0.13	0.67
Topography	Slope steepness	0.91	0.28	0.35	1.46
Rodent-avoidance	Rodent numbers	−0.60	0.30	−1.19	−0.01
(b) Forest structure
Tree variables	Number of trees	1.72	0.70	0.36	3.09
Disturbance	Distance to forest edge	3.58	1.52	0.60	6.57
Topography	Slope steepness	2.20	0.76	0.71	3.68

Shown are variables included in the highest ranking models and in models with ΔAICc < 2 to the highest ranking ones

Lin linear; quad quadratic