Table 2. Variable description of candidate models for predicting dog and cat wildlife interactions in southern Chile.

The variable description refers to the questionnaire (see Supplemental Information 1).

Variable	Variable type	Variable description and question number	Categories
PREY	Response	Dog/cat brought wildlife prey home (Q25)	Yes/no
FOOD	Predictor	Feeding of participant’s dog/cat with leftovers, commercial food/meat, or both (Q15)	0 = leftovers 1 = leftovers and commercial food/meat 2 = commercial food/meat
LOCATION	Predictor	Dog/cat lives in rural environment (farm /Navy post) or in Puerto Williams	Rural/village
SEX	Predictor	Dog’s/cat’s sex (Q2)	F = Female, M = Male
SIZEa	Predictor	Dog’s size (mean of two independent estimations by ES and LSA, Q42)	1 = small, 1.5 = small to medium-sized, 2 = medium-sized, 2.5 = medium-sized to large, 3 = large
STERILIZED	Predictor	Dog/cat is sterilized (Q11)	0 = not sterilized 1 = pet’s age < 1 year 2 = sterilized

Notes.

^aVariable only used in the dog model, not in the cat model.