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

BMC Ecology

Table 4 Seasonal differences in fecal organic matter for banded mongoose groups

Category group	PC1	n		Mean (%)		\(\beta\) (%)	HPDI (%)	Probability (%)
Category group	PC1	Wet	Dry	Wet	Dry	\(\beta\) (%)	HPDI (%)	\(\beta <0\)	\(\beta >0\)
Captive
1		32	66	32	36	− 3.41	− 9.12 to 2.24	88.2	11.8
Urban + lodge
2	1.66	19	59	27	34	− 6.83	− 13.75 to 0.13	97.3	2.7
3	1.22	6	15	29	21	7.32	− 8.21 to 23.15	15.4	84.6
4	1.01	173	411	18	24	− 5.91	− 7.39 to − 4.44	100.0	0.0
5	0.83	31	73	28	33	− 5.65	− 10.33 to − 1.06	99.1	0.9
6	0.45	73	118	18	17	1.68	− 0.33 to 3.75	5.2	94.8
		302	676	19	24	− 4.69	− 5.98 to − 3.36	100.0	0.0
Park + lodge
7	0.28	107	171	10	7	2.71	1.61–3.84	0.0	100.0
8	0.00	52	65	12	9	3.73	1.81–5.67	0.0	100.0
9	− 0.92	24	19	15	11	4.73	0.48–8.14	1.3	98.7
		183	255	11	8	3.19	2.23–4.12	0.0	100.0
Park
10	− 2.36	44	15	10	9	0.90	− 1.30 to 3.20	21.2	78.8
		47	34	10	8	1.41	− 0.50 to 3.27	7.0	93.0

Bayesian estimation (\(\beta\), highest posterior density interval [HPDI], and Bayesian probabilities) for the seasonal difference (wet season minus dry season) between fecal organic matter content 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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