Table 5 Life history predictors of introduction within traded mammals from probit models

From: Human activities favour prolific life histories in both traded and introduced vertebrates

 

Posterior mean

l-95% CI

u-95% CI

% crossing 0

VIF

Gestation period

−1.95

−3.82

0.09

2.16

3.71

Weaning age

−0.13

−1.36

1.03

41.98

2.98

Litter size

1.77

0.01

3.69

2.28

2.65

Litters per year

1.29

−0.45

2.84

6.00

2.84

Age at first birth

−0.46

−1.85

1.00

25.30

4.69

Reproductive lifespan

2.81

0.88

4.81

0.16

3.38

Body mass

0.33

−0.16

0.81

9.38

2.94

  1. Full parameters for model predicting introduction status within mammals traded live by the US, after iteratively removing variables with the highest VIFs until none were >5 (neonatal body mass, N = 312, H2 = 0.54 [0.25, 0.79]). Posterior mean = mean β coefficient from posterior distributions, l-95% CI and u-95% CI = lower and upper 95% credible intervals from posterior distributions respectively, % crossing zero = percentage of estimates in the posterior distribution that overlap with zero in the direction opposite to the majority of the distribution, VIF variance inflation factors.
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