Table 1.

Linear mixed effect models predicting individual daily weight change and overall weight in banded mongooses (conditional r ² = 0.05 and 0.80)

Response	Effect	Estimate	SE	χ2	P
Daily weight change (g)	Intercept	58.959	3.70
	Age	0.0035	0.0005	43.53	4.17 × 10 −11
	Sex (male)	−0.86	0.93	0.88	0.35
	Weight on first morning	−0.037	0.003	190.91	<2.2 × 10 −16
	Rainfall in last 60 days	0.033	0.005	47.20	6.40 × 10 −12
	Group Size	−0.46	0.054	70.47	<2.2 × 10 −16
Weight (g)	Age	0.058	0.002	1018.11	<2.2 × 10 −16
	Sex (male)	30.76	15.05	6.01	0.014
	Rainfall in last 60 days	0.36	0.013	713.38	<2.2 × 10 −16
	Group Size	−2.93	0.19	227.57	<2.2 × 10 −16

Significant effects are shown in bold.