Table 5. Generalized linear mixed models of factors influencing diet composition of snow leopards in the Central Himalayas.
| Model | Explanatory variables | Ungulates | Livestock | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔAIC | W | ΔAIC | W | ||
| M1 | Sex+Season | 3.7 | 0.05 | 5.5 | 0.04 |
| M2 | Sex | 3.2 | 0.07 | 3.5 | 0.10 |
| M3 | Season | 10.2 | 0.00 | 15.0 | 0.00 |
| M4 | Sex+X | 0.2 | 0.31 | 5.3 | 0.04 |
| M5 | Sex+Y | 0.0 | 0.34 | 0.0 | 0.61 |
| M6 | Sex+ DD | 4.8 | 0.03 | 3.6 | 0.10 |
| M7 | Sex + DU | 4.8 | 0.03 | 5.3 | 0.04 |
| M8 | Sex + SW | 2.3 | 0.11 | 5.4 | 0.04 |
| M9 | X | 6.2 | 0.01 | 15.0 | 0.00 |
| M10 | Y | 4.7 | 0.03 | 8.4 | 0.01 |
| M11 | DD | 10.4 | 0.00 | 12.4 | 0.00 |
| M12 | DU | 10.7 | 0.00 | 15.0 | 0.00 |
| M13 | SW | 8.7 | 0.00 | 15.2 | 0.00 |
| M14 | NULL | 9.1 | 0.00 | 13.3 | 0.00 |
The binomial response variables were the presence of wild ungulates and livestock in scats. X and Y indicates longitude and latitude coordinates (standardized UTM X and UTM Y values). DD = density of livestock; DU = density of wild ungulates; SW = wild prey species diversity expressed as the Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index. ΔAIC = the difference in Akaike Information Criteria between each model and best model with the lowest AIC; W = Akaike weight.