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. 2017 Mar;56(2):122–130.

Table 2.

Best-fit linear mixed model based on AIC of the total daily agonistic encounters between rhesus macaques in group-housed field cages as a result of human interactions and reproductive season

95% CI
Coefficient 1 SD t P Lower limit Upper limit
Intercept 5.163 0.069 74.912 <0.0005 5.027 5.299
Reproductive season
 Breeding −0.023 −0.023 −0.991 0.323 −0.068 0.023
Extra management events (EME)
 1 −0.023 0.022 −1.074 0.284 −0.067 0.020
 2 or 3 −0.056 0.036 −1.536 0.126 −0.127 0.016
 4 or more 0.125 0.125 2.427 0.016 0.057 0.551
Total time in cage (TIC)
 1–3 h −0.463 0.114 −4.074 <0.0005 −0.687 −0.239
 More than 3 h −0.195 0.052 −3.752 <0.0005 −0.297 −0.092
Technician 2
 Present 0.330 0.029 11.261 <0.0005 0.272 0.388
Reproductive season × EME (Figure 3)
 Breeding season and 1 EME 0.114 0.035 3.276 0.001 0.045 0.183
 Breeding season and 2 or 3 EME 0.176 0.044 4.035 <0.0005 0.090 0.263
 Breeding season and ≥ 4 EME 0.204 0.069 2.956 0.004 0.068 0.339
Reproductive season × TIC (Figure 5)
 Breeding season and 1-3 h TIC 0.041 0.039 1.015 0.295 −0.036 0.117
 Breeding season and >3 h TIC −0.248 0.062 −4.024 <0.0005 −0.369 −0.126
Extra management events × TIC (Figure 4)
 1 EME and 1–3 h TIC 0.346 0.111 3.104 0.002 0.126 0.566
Extra management events × TIC (Figure 4)
 2 or 3 EME and 1–3 h TIC 0.381 0.111 3.413 0.001 0.160 0.601
 2 or 3 EME and >3 h TIC 0.377 0.067 5.610 <0.0005 0.244 0.510
Extra management events × TIC (Figure 4)
≥4 EME and >3 h TIC 0.022 0.127 0.171 0.865 −0.228 0.271
Technician 2 present × TIC (Figure 6)
 Technician 2 present and 1-3 h TIC −0.073 0.041 −1.769 0.079 −0.155 0.009
 Technician 2 present and >3 h TIC −0.209 0.072 −2.881 0.004 −0.351 −0.066
Technician 2 present × EME (Figure 7)
 Technician 2 present and 1 EME −0.160 0.042 −3.849 <0.0005 −0.242 −0.078
 Technician 2 present and 2 or 3 EME −0.034 0.047 −0.717 0.474 −0.127 0.059
 Technician 2 present and ≥4 EME −0.101 0.065 −1.552 0.123 −0.228 0.027

The baseline for this model is a cage during birthing season with no extra management events, total time in cage less than 1 h, and without technician 2 present.