International Journal of Forestry Research / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Scale-Dependent Browsing Patterns on Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis ) by White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus ) Table 2 Model selection results from analysis of white-tailed deer browsing intensity on Canada yew in relation to local and site-level factors in northern/mixed hardwood forests in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 2001-2002. A post hoc model selection analysis was conducted after results from the a priori exercise suggested model fit could be improved.
Model Predictors Parameter LCI UCI
Deviance A priori Post hoc
Rank Weight
Rank Weight 1 INTERCEPT 3.7407 2.9895 4.4919 3 380.46 530.76 25.70 6 0.00 530.76 36.05 8 0.00 LENGTH −0.0222 −0.0325 −0.0119 2 INTERCEPT 1.7033 14.4577 1.9488 5 312.74 505.06 0.00 1 0.49 505.06 10.35 4 0.01 LOC (1) 2.0034 1.4081 2.5988 LOC (2) 0.8835 0.6398 1.1272 3 INTERCEPT 1.8983 1.4834 2.3132 6 312.19 506.92 1.86 3 0.19 506.92 12.20 6 0.00 LENGTH −0.0033 −0.0096 0.0030 LOC (1) 1.9150 1.3254 2.5046 LOC (2) 0.8506 0.6014 1.0998 4 INTERCEPT 2.7588 2.2187 3.2989 5 315.41 506.36 1.30 2 0.26 506.36 11.65 5 0.00 LENGTH*LOC (1) 0.0280 0.0109 0.0451 LENGTH*LOC (2) −0.0040 −0.0130 0.0049 5 INTERCEPT 2.7617 2.0863 3.4371 7 407.62 549.71 44.65 10 0.00 549.71 55.01 12 0.00 SLOPE (E) −0.7394 −1.6222 0.1433 SLOPE (LEVEL) −0.1012 0.4036 −0.8922 SLOPE (N) 0.4383 −0.4976 1.3743 SLOPE (S) 0.1383 −0.5895 0.8662 6 INTERCEPT 1.5243 0.2587 2.7900 3 409.24 541.88 36.82 9 0.00 541.88 47.17 11 0.00 CANOPY 0.0131 −0.0004 0.0267 7 INTERCEPT 3.4921 3.1468 3.8374 4 401.98 541.23 36.17 7 0.00 541.23 46.52 10 0.00 CONIFER (1) −0.8855 −1.3771 −0.3938 8 INTERCEPT 2.4838 1.0486 3.9190 5 397.90 541.77 36.71 8 0.00 541.77 47.06 9 0.00 CANOPY 0.0107 −0.0029 0.0243 CONIFER (1) −0.8184 −1.3294 −0.3075 9 INTERCEPT 3.8626 3.2372 4.4881 3 337.42 512.46 7.40 5 0.01 512.46 17.76 7 0.00 YEWCOV −0.0425 −0.0607 −0.0243 10 INTERCEPT 1.6726 0.0513 3.2939 18 266.08 509.76 4.70 4 0.05 509.76 15.05 3 0.00 LENGTH 0.0002 −0.0120 0.0125 LOC (1) 0.5431 −0.8939 1.9800 LOC (2) 0.8426 −0.2707 1.9559 LENGTH*LOC (1) 0.0292 −0.0019 0.0604 LENGTH*LOC (2) −0.0043 −0.0220 0.0134 SLOPE (E) −0.4194 −1.4496 0.6108 SLOPE (LEVEL) 0.1925 −0.3621 0.7470 SLOPE (N) −0.0014 −0.7242 0.7215 SLOPE (S) 0.1482 −0.5265 0.8230 CANOPY 0.0163 0.0065 0.0261 CONIFER (1) −0.5958 −1.1676 −0.0240 YEWCOV −0.0271 −0.0400 −0.0143 11 INTERCEPT 2.6906 2.1004 3.2809 6 288.17 na na na na 494.71 0.00 1 0.91 LOC (1) 1.5258 0.9015 2.1502 LOC (2) 0.6323 0.3750 0.8897 YEWCOV −0.0265 −0.0420 −0.0109 12 INTERCEPT 2.2263 1.3067 3.1459 9 285.16 na na na na 499.60 4.89 2 0.08 LOC (1) 1.8630 0.5694 3.1566 LOC (2) 1.3375 0.4074 2.2676 YEWCOV −0.0140 −0.0344 0.0064 LOC (1)*YEWCOV −0.0058 −0.0496 0.0379 LOC (2)*YEWCOV −0.0211 −0.0448 0.0027
