Table 1 Covariates influencing lion abundance and track density, southeastern Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, September–November 2015.

From: Estimating Lion Abundance using N-mixture Models for Social Species

Technique

Covariate

Mean

Credible Interval

2.5%

97.5%

Call-in

Lunar illumination

−3.99

−8.65

−0.36

Closed grassland

−1.13

−11.84

9.27

Woodland

−2.75

−18.74

13.63

Sparse grassland

−0.65

−15.82

14.67

Shrubland

1.83

−16.93

20.51

Dense grassland

2.82

−8.06

13.68

Shrub-grassland

−0.47

−11.41

10.2

Track

Closed grassland

1.01

−2.07

3.98

Woodland

−2.65

−12.35

7.49

Sparse grassland

5.31

−5.3

15.76

Shrubland

−0.16

−16.9

15.94