Table 1 Parameter estimates from final statistical models comparing tactic- and age class-specific demographic rates for female brown bears in south-central Sweden from 1993 to 2015

Survival

 Intercept

1.430

1.015

1.887

6.489

<0.0001

 2.5-year tactic

0.761

0.214

1.365

2.610

0.009

 Age class 2 y.o^a

0.238

−0.434

0.934

0.685

0.494

 Age class 3 y.o.

0.932

0.099

1.887

2.071

0.038

 Age class 4–8 y.o.

2.124

1.219

3.230

4.229

<0.0001

 Age class 9+ y.o.

0.224

−0.335

0.769

0.798

0.425

Variables removed^b:

Tactic^*Age class (X² = 7.920, P = 0.095)

Recruitment

 Intercept

−0.923

−1.154

−0.697

−7.924

<0.0001

 2.5-year tactic

−0.425

−0.860

−0.003

−1.948

0.051

Variables removed:

Tactic*Age class (X² = 1.935, P = 0.164)

Age class (X² = 0.969, P = 0.325)