Table 2.
Generalized linear models to identify factors related to livestock depredations by leopards and tigers, Bardia National Park, Nepal. Number of livestock killed was used as the response variable; total livestock owned (number); preventive measures (number of techniques used to deter tigers and leopards, 0–4). Season (number of livestock killed: fall, winter, spring, summer), park distance (near: <1 km, and far: >1 km from the park boundary). K is the number of parameters, ∆AICc is the difference between the AICc value of the best supported model and successive models, and wi is the Akaike model weight.
| Species | Covariates | K | ∆AICc | Wi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopard | Distance to park + Season | 6 | 0.00 | 0.26 |
| Distance to park + Livestock owned + Season | 7 | 0.19 | 0.24 | |
| Season | 5 | 0.82 | 0.17 | |
| Livestock owned + Season | 6 | 1.32 | 0.14 | |
| Distance to park + Preventive measures + Season | 7 | 1.99 | 0.1 | |
| Distance to park + Preventive measures + Season + Livestock owned | 8 | 2.17 | 0.09 | |
| Null | 1 | 334.9 | 0.00 | |
| Tiger | Season | 4 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| Livestock owned + Season | 5 | 0.89 | 0.15 | |
| Preventive measures + Season | 5 | 1.46 | 0.11 | |
| Distance to park + Season | 5 | 1.97 | 0.09 | |
| Preventive measures + Livestock owned + Season | 6 | 2.36 | 0.07 | |
| Null | 1 | 177.5 | 0.00 |