Leopard Panthera pardus fusca Density in the Seasonally Dry, Subtropical Forest in the Bhabhar of Terai Arc, Nepal

Table 5

Model selection results from leopard density estimates using photographic capture-recapture data from Parsa Wildlife Reserve in program DENSITY using hazard rate detection function. 𝑔₀ is the capture probability at home range center. 𝑠 is the spatial scale parameter of capture function. ℎ2 is the 2-class finite mixture probability for heterogeneity. Akaike’s information criterion adjusted for small sample size by AIC_c. 𝑤_𝑖 represents Akaike weight, while 𝐷^𝑒 is estimated density (per 100 km²) and SE represents its standard error. Model averaged density estimates and standard errors are given in bold.

Site	Model	AICc	ΔAICc	𝑤𝑖	𝐷^𝑒 (SE)
PWR	𝑔0[·]𝑠[·]	496.01	0	0.428	0.03 ± 0.01
	𝑔0[·]𝑠[ℎ2]	497.85	1.84	0.171	0.04 ± 0.00
	𝑔0[𝑏]𝑠[·]	498.74	2.73	0.109	0.04 ± 0.01
	𝑔0[𝑏]𝑠[·]	498.78	2.77	0.107	0.04 ± 0.02
	𝑔0[ℎ2]𝑠[·]	499.14	3.13	0.09	0.04 ± 0.02
	𝑔0[·]𝑠[𝑏]	499.53	3.52	0.074	0.03 ± 0.01
	𝑔0[ℎ2]𝑠[ℎ2]	502.41	6.4	0.017	0.04 ± 0.01
Model averaged results from top 7 models					3.78 ± 0.85