Fig. 3

Associations between fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) concentrations and fecal organic matter content in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo), northeastern Botswana (2008–2011). Effect sizes (model slopes, solid lines; with credible intervals, dashed lines) were larger for group categories with progressively less access to anthropogenic food resources (captive to “urban + lodge” to “park + lodge” to park) (a). Bayesian posterior distributions, mean effect size (slope, \( \beta \)), the highest posterior density interval (HPDI, horizontal line above each distribution), and the probability of the slope differing from zero are indicated for each group type (b–e)