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.