Effect of food limitation and reproductive activity on fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in banded mongooses

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Table 3 Seasonal differences in fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels for banded mongoose groups

Category group	PC1	n		\(\beta\)	HPDI	Probability (%)
Category group	PC1	Wet	Dry	\(\beta\)	HPDI	\(\beta <0\)	\(\beta >0\)
Captive
1		32	66	− 0.12	− 0.52 to 0.26	72.7	27.3
Urban + lodge
2	1.66	19	59	0.71	0.07–1.33	1.4	98.6
3	1.22	6	15	− 0.17	− 1.32 to 0.97	62.5	37.5
4	1.01	173	411	0.23	0.02–0.46	1.9	98.1
5	0.83	31	73	− 0.27	− 0.85 to 0.30	82.7	17.3
6	0.45	73	118	− 0.40	− 0.69 to − 0.12	99.7	0.3
		302	676	0.06	− 0.10 to 0.23	23.6	76.4
Park + lodge
7	0.28	107	171	− 1.93	− 2.21 to − 1.66	100.0	0.0
8	0.00	52	65	− 1.28	− 1.68 to − 0.87	100.0	0.0
9	− 0.92	24	19	− 0.36	− 0.92 to 0.22	89.3	10.7
		183	255	− 1.57	− 1.79 to − 1.35	100.0	0.0
Park
10	− 2.36	44	15	0.23	− 0.15 to 0.61	11.5	88.5
		47	34	− 0.32	− 0.72 to 0.07	94.7	5.3

Bayesian estimation (\(\beta\), highest posterior density interval [HPDI], and Bayesian probabilities) for the seasonal difference (wet season minus dry season) between log-transformed fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations within a group, arranged along a decreasing synanthropy scale (principal component [PC1], association with humans: see [39]). Combined analyses for broad categories are below the horizontal lines and may include groups not already listed (e.g. for groups that had data for only one season)

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