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. 2016 Sep 15;6:32465. doi: 10.1038/srep32465

Table 1. Results of the first series of GLMMs testing the relationships between the different potential coping behaviours and tourist pressure variables.

Hypothesis 1a: Avoidance behaviour
1) Being off the ground Estimate ±SE z P Direction
 Intercept −0.625 0.110 −5.683 <0.001  
 Total no. of tourists in the area 0.310 0.022 13.800 <0.001 +
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group 0.009 0.020 0.437 0.663  
 TMI (Yes vs. No) −1.605 0.063 −25.522 <0.001
2) Being under tree cover Estimate  ± SE z P  
 Intercept 1.836 0.146 12.528 <0.001  
 Total no. of tourists in the area 0.198 0.042 4.624 <0.001 +
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group 0.020 0.036 0.555 0.579  
 TMI (Yes vs. No) −1.139 0.077 −14.671 <0.001
3) Being further away from tourists Estimate ±SE t P  
 Intercept 0.141 0.060 2.318 0.002  
 Total no. of tourists in the area −0.103 0.006 −15.748 <0.001
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group −0.019 0.001 −14.569 <0.001
 TMI (Yes vs. No) −1.689 0.014 −113.206 <0.001
Hypothesis 2a: Social support Estimate ±SE z P Direction
 Intercept −1.079 0.280 −3.855 <0.001  
 Total no. of tourists in the area −0.008 0.072 −0.112 0.911  
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group 0.007 0.018 0.382 0.702  
 TMI (Yes vs. No) 0.656 0.121 5.416 <0.001 +
Hypothesis 3a: Aggression Estimate ±SE t P Direction
 Intercept 0.485 0.101 4.786 <0.001  
 Total no. of tourists in the area 0.000 0.024 0.004 0.997  
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group −0.013 0.007 −1.761 0.078  
 TMI (Yes vs. No) 0.95 0.049 19.535 <0.001 +
Hypothesis 4a: Affiliative behaviour Estimate ±SE t P Direction
 Intercept 1.310 0.133 9.863 <0.001  
 Total no. of tourists in the area −0.079 0.028 −2.866 0.004
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group −0.016 0.008 −1.966 0.049
 TMI (Yes vs. No) 0.543 0.055 9.846 <0.001 +
Hypothesis 5a: Displacement behaviour
1) Rates of self-scratching Estimate ±SE t P Direction
 Intercept 10.146 1.943 5.221 <0.001  
 Total no. of tourists in the area −0.116 0.332 −0.348 0.728  
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group −0.050 0.097 −0.518 0.605  
 TMI (Yes vs. No) 4.923 0.662 7.434 <0.001 +
2) Restlessness Estimate ±SE t P Direction
 Intercept −0.334 0.090 −3.718 <0.001  
 Total no. of tourists in the area −0.034 0.022 −1.569 0.117  
 No. of tourists in the nearest tourist group −0.020 0.006 −3.139 0.002
 TMI (Yes vs. No) 0.440 0.043 10.263 <0.001 +

P values in bold and italic are significant. The direction column indicates the direction of significant relationships. The full GLMM results can be found in supplementary Tables S1 and S3.