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Table 6 Effect size (β), standard error (SE), lower (LCI) and upper (UCI) 95% confidence interval of explanatory variables for the analyses of distance to riverbank and distance to beaver lodge among dives of nine individuals in a Eurasian beaver population in southeastern Norway

From: Aquatic habitat use in a semi-aquatic mammal: the Eurasian beaver

Variable

Estimate β

SE

LCI

UCI

Distance to riverbank

 Intercept

2.226

0.071

2.087

2.365

 Log (water depth)

0.603

0.053

0.499

0.708

 Vegetation cover of focal species

0.010

0.003

0.005

0.015

 Marginal R2: 0.35 Conditional R2: 0.35

Distance to beaver lodge

 Intercept

5.801

0.410

− 0.375

11.976

 Vegetation cover

0.006

0.002

0.002

0.009

 Hour

− 0.071

0.023

− 0.116

− 0.025

 Julian day

− 0.019

0.003

− 0.025

− 0.012

 Tail fat index

1.059

0.023

0.635

1.483

 Marginal R2: 0.18 Conditional R2: 0.19

Distance to beaver lodge (dives within 150 m)

 Intercept

4.227

0.091

4.049

4.404

 SedimentClay

− 0.098

0.152

− 0.395

0.199

 SedimentSand

0.670

0.240

0.201

1.140

 SedimentRocks

0.309

0.147

0.021

0.597

 Marginal R2: 0.25 Conditional R2: 0.25

  1. Effects were modelled using a GLMMs with gaussian distribution. Beaver ID was included as random effect. Informative parameters are given in bold
  2. Reference level for sediment = Mud