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Table 1 Parameter estimates for generalized additive mixed models (GAMM) on daily movement-based energetic expenditure of 28 brown bears, Afognak and Sitkalidak islands, Alaska, USA, September 2019–November 2020

From: Energy landscapes of Kodiak brown bears: a comparison of accelerometer and global positioning system-derived estimates

Covariate

edf

Parameter estimate

t/f score

p-value

Intercept

 

5.124

4326.987

0.001

Sex—female with young

 

− 4.830

− 0.647

0.517

Sex—male

 

7.526

0.087

0.930

Age—mature

 

2.569

0.035

0.972

Age—young

 

5.060

0.563

0.573

Food period—high

 

− 2.443

− 5.333

0.001

Temperature

 

− 1.026

− 2.559

0.010

Movement rate

 

3.911

276.628

0.001

Terrain roughness

1.000

 

4.317

0.037

Distance to salmon streams

1.000

 

4.621

0.031

  1. Effective degrees of freedom = edf, values in bold are significant (p < 0.05)