Table 2. Model selection for species specific detection p models, where ‘date’ and ‘operate’ respectively indicate camera site and occasion-specific values for the date and camera functionality (on or off).

For each species model set, Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) scores consider both model complexity (No. of Parameters) and likelihood. Calculated relative to the lowest scoring or “best” model for each species, ΔAIC < 2 indicates the best supported models.

Species	‘unmarked’ Detection Model	No. Parameters	AIC	ΔAIC
Snow leopard	~operate	3	161.87	0
	~date + operate	4	163.57	1.7
	(Intercept only)	2	185.79	23.92
	~date	3	187.04	25.17
Wolf	~operate	3	117.07	0
	~date + operate	4	118.27	1.2
	(Intercept only)	2	124.09	7.02
	~date	3	125.99	8.92
Bear	~operate	3	129.93	0
	~date + operate	4	130.16	0.23
	~date	3	130.51	0.58
	(Intercept only)	2	133.06	3.13
Argali	~date + operate	4	288.52	0
	~operate	3	296.2	7.68
	~date	3	324.34	35.82
	(Intercept only)	2	349.55	61.03
Ibex	~operate	3	109.11	0
	~date + operate	4	110.61	1.49
	(Intercept only)	2	117.06	7.94
	~date	3	119.02	9.9