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. 2020 Jan 20;30(2):312–318.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.039

Table 2.

Inter-birth Intervals Are Affected by Neighbor Pressure, Number of Mature Males, and Group Size

Terms χ2 p 95% CI
Intercept 1,584, 1,783
Food availabilitya,b 0.492 0.482 −52.67, 104.32
Number of individualsa,b 5.590 0.018c 56.17, 196.50c
Number of malesa,b 5.860 0.015c −209.04, −43.68c
Neighbor pressurea,b 4.344 0.037c 20.87, 153.85c
Sex infant maled 5.598 0.017c 72.63, 376.36c
Age of motherb,d 0.282 0.595 −46.06, 99.15
Rank of motherb,d 0.200 0.654 −86.70, 56.36

The results correspond to a reduced LMM not including the interactions (see text). Means and SD of z-transformed variables and variance components of the random effects and residuals are given in Table S4. Food availability is multiplied by each group territory size. See also Table S4.

a

Test predictors.

b

z-transformed.

c

95% CIs and p values indicating a statistically significant effect.

d

Control predictors.