Table 1 Summary of the linear mixed model of hair cortisol concentration by body region. Individual wolf included as random effect, lumbar body region as reference class. Results from 27 wolves with 4 body regions each (4 outliers excluded).
Variable | β | Standard error (β) | 95% Confidence interval (β) | df | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | ||||
Fixed effects | |||||
Intercept | 9.952 | 0.702 | 8.612 | 12.270 | 75.7 |
Body region | |||||
Dorsal cervical | − 0.119 | 0.811 | − 1.709 | 1.471 | 73.1 |
Tail | − 1.967 | 0.811 | − 3.557 | − 0.377 | 73.1 |
Ventral thorax | − 2.324 | 0.811 | − 3.914 | − 0.734 | 73.1 |
Random effect | |||||
Variance | 4.412 | ||||
Standard deviation | 2.101 | ||||
N wolf | 27 | ||||
N samples | 104 | ||||
