Table 5 Covariate parameter estimates of the most plausible model during encamped and traveling modes for greater sage-grouse

Encamped

 Parameter

  Percent sagebrush (linear)

0.04

0.05

−0.06 to 0.15

  Percent sagebrush (quadratic)

−0.003

0.003

−0.009 to 0.003

  Percent shrub (linear)

0.13

0.07

−0.01 to 0.26

  Percent shrub (quadratic)

−0.004

0.003

−0.01 to 0.001

  Estimated shrub height (linear)

0.04

0.01

0.02 to 0.07

  Estimated shrub height (quadratic)

−0.0004

0.001

−0.001 to 0.0002

  Percent bare ground (linear)

−0.05

0.02

−0.09 to −0.02

  Percent bare ground (quadratic)

0.0003

0.0002

1.8 E−5 to 0.0007

  Percent litter (linear)

0.003

0.02

−0.03 to 0.04

  Percent litter (quadratic)

−0.0001

0.0004

−0.0009 to 0.0008

  Percent herbaceous (linear)

0.02

0.02

−0.02 to 0.06

  Percent herbaceous (quadratic)

−0.0003

0.0007

−0.002 to 0.001

  Distance to nearest mesic area

−0.10

0.01

−0.13 to −0.08

Traveling

 Parameter

  Percent sagebrush (linear)

−0.001

0.04

−0.09 to 0.09

  Percent sagebrush (quadratic)

0.0001

0.002

−0.004 to 0.005

  Percent shrub (linear)

−0.06

0.06

−0.18 to 0.07

  Percent shrub (quadratic)

0.002

0.002

−0.003 to 0.007

  Estimated shrub height (linear)

0.01

0.009

−0.005 to 0.03

  Estimated shrub height (quadratic)

5.0 E−5

0.0002

−0.0003 to 0.0004

  Percent bare ground (linear)

−0.02

0.02

−0.06 to 0.02

  Percent bare ground (quadratic)

0.0001

0.0002

−0.0002 to 0.0005

  Percent litter (linear)

0.07

0.02

0.03 to 0.10

  Percent litter (quadratic)

−0.001

0.0005

−0.002 to −0.0004

  Percent herbaceous (linear)

0.007

0.02

−0.04 to 0.05

  Percent herbaceous (quadratic)

2.0 E−5

0.0008

−0.002 to 0.002

  Distance to nearest mesic area

−0.04

0.02

−0.08 to −0.005