Table 7. Generalized linear mixed models of factors influencing the occurrence of small mammals/birds in snow leopard scats in the Central Himalayas.
| Small mammals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Explanatory variables | ΔAIC | W |
| M1 | Sex+Season | 5.0 | 0.02 |
| M2 | Sex | 4.3 | 0.03 |
| M3 | Season | 3.3 | 0.05 |
| M4 | Seson+X | 4.5 | 0.03 |
| M5 | Season+Y | 5.3 | 0.02 |
| M6 | Season+ DD | 3.6 | 0.04 |
| M7 | Season + DU | 5.3 | 0.02 |
| M8 | Seson + SW | 1.8 | 0.10 |
| M9 | X | 2.9 | 0.06 |
| M10 | Y | 4.5 | 0.03 |
| M11 | DD | 2.7 | 0.07 |
| M12 | DU | 4.5 | 0.03 |
| M13 | SW | 0.0 | 0.25 |
| M14 | NULL | 2.5 | 0.07 |
X and Y = 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.