Performance of proximity loggers under controlled field conditions: an assessment from a wildlife ecological and epidemiological perspective

Table 3 Results of the final generalized linear mixed model (binomial distribution and logit link function) to explain the probability of contact success according to external factors and their interactions up to 20 m

	Estimate	Std. error	z value	p values
(intercept)	1.71	0.32	5.40	***
DIST	− 0.07	0.03	− 2.52	*
BMASS1	− 0.87	0.48	− 1.81	·
BMASS2	− 0.44	0.25	− 1.78	·
VEG1	0.05	0.10	0.50	ns
VEG1:BMASS1	− 0.43	0.17	− 2.46	*
VEG1:BMASS2	− 0.14	0.12	− 1.14	ns

DIST: distance; VEG: presence (1) vs. absence vegetation; BMASS: presence of body mass around the receiver and the transmitter (reference class 0 [without body mass]: 0-0; 1 [body mass around both the receiver and the transmitter]: 1-1 and 2 [body mass around only one device, receiver or transmitter]: 0-1.)
p values: p ≥ 0.1 “ns”; p < 0.1 “·”; p < 0.05 “*”; p < 0.01 “**”; p < 0.001 “***”

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