Table 3 Presence/absence comparisons of scavenger species at rabbit carcasses analyzed with a generalized linear model with logit link.

From: Roads do not increase carrion use by a vertebrate scavenging community

Species

Comparison

Coefficient

p

Coyote

Forest vs road

0.068

0.986

Forest vs power line

−0.069

0.985

Road vs power line

−0.137

0.948

Turkey vulture

Forest vs road

0.504

0.574

Forest vs power line

−0.586

0.383

Road vs power line

−1.090

0.076

Opossum

Forest vs road

0.973

0.100

Forest vs power line

1.435

0.017

Road vs power line

0.463

0.702

Gray fox*

Road vs power line

1.184

0.118

  1. Carcasses were placed in pine forests >20 yrs old at the 627 Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC, December 2016-March 2017. A significance level of 0.05 was 628 used for all models.
  2. *No comparisons with forest because gray foxes did not scavenge in the forest.