Table 4.
Mixing model estimated dietary proportions of key foods categories for Apennine brown bears (Abruzzo Lazio and Molise National Park, central Italy, 2013–2014).
| Key food category | Spring | Early summer | Late summer | Autumn | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean % | 2.5% | 97.5% | Mean % | 2.5% | 97.5% | Mean % | 2.5% | 97.5% | Mean % | 2.5% | 97.5% | |
| Hard mast | 39.1 | 29.9 | 48.3 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 6.2 | 18.7 | 67.4 | 57.6 | 76.1 |
| Cultivated fleshy fruits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 10.2 | 15.2 | 9 | 22.8 | 15.6 | 9.1 | 23.3 |
| Wild fleshy fruits | 13.7 | 7.7 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 13.2 | 30 | 59.2 | 49.3 | 68.4 | 10.9 | 5.6 | 17.5 |
| Ungulates | 7.4 | 3.8 | 12.9 | 4.6 | 2 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 6.8 |
| Herbs | 34.1 | 25.7 | 43.3 | 24.6 | 16.2 | 34.2 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Formicidae | 4.4 | 1.4 | 8.8 | 34.6 | 25.8 | 43.9 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Cultivated vegetables | 1.3 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 2.5 |
Values are reported as mean probabilities and upper and lower 95% credibility intervals. Food categories are ordered in descending order relative to Autumn.