Supplementary material 1. Age structure for the models of factors affecting reproductive success Table S1. Selection of logistic mixed models of the effect of different structures of age on the weaning success of female chamois in the Italy, (Rupicapra rupicapra) Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime, 2013 (n= 102 females, 206 female-years). # Modelsa Kb AICc Cum wi wi Δi 1 Classes 1 4 332 0.00 0.63 0.63 2 Brocken-stick - 4 4 335 2.47 0.18 0.81 3 Classes 2 4 335 2.71 0.16 0.97 4 Quadratic (10+) 4 339 6.40 0.03 0.99 5 Factor 13 343 10.79 0.00 1.00 6 Quadratic 4 345 12.25 0.00 1.00 7 Null 2 346 14.18 0.00 1.00 8 Linear 3 348 15.94 0.00 1.00 9 Linear (10+) 3 348 16.05 0.00 1.00 Classes 1: 3, 4-7 and 8 years and older; Classes 2: 3, 4-8 and 9 years and older, Broken-stick–4: broken-stick a : model with the break at age 4; Quadratic (10+): age and age2 with females 10 years and older pooled due to small sample size; Factor: each age as an age class; Linear: age as a continuous variable. K, number of parameters, AICc, Akaike information criterion, , model weight of b: Δi ΔAICc; wi, evidence, Cum. cumulative weight of evidence. wi: The AICc selection indicates that the null model has a of 14.18 and a weight of 0, ΔAICc indicating that age is an important variable influencing weaning success. The first set of age classes is the best model, with a weight of evidence of 0.63 and no other model with a ΔAICc less than 2. We therefore chose to use this first set of age classes for all the models of reproductive success. Figure S1 illustrates the effect of different structures of age on weaning success.
Supplementary material 1. Age structure for the models of factors affecting reproductive success Table S1. Selection of logistic mixed models of the effect of different structures of age on the weaning success of female chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in the Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime, Italy, (n= 102 females, 206 female-years). # Modelsa Kb AICc Δi wi Cum wi 1 Classes 1 4 332 0.00 0.63 0.63 2 Brocken-stick - 4 4 335 2.47 0.18 0.81 3 Classes 2 4 335 2.71 0.16 0.97 4 Quadratic (10+) 4 339 6.40 0.03 0.99 5 Factor 13 343 10.79 0.00 1.00 6 Quadratic 4 345 12.25 0.00 1.00 7 Null 2 346 14.18 0.00 1.00 8 Linear 3 348 15.94 0.00 1.00 9 Linear (10+) 3 348 16.05 0.00 1.00 a : Classes 1: 3, 4-7 and 8 years and older; Classes 2: 3, 4-8 and 9 years and older, Broken-stick–4: broken-stick model with the break at age 4; Quadratic (10+): age and age2 with females 10 years and older pooled due to small sample size; Factor: each age as an age class; Linear: age as a continuous variable. b: K, number of parameters, AICc, Akaike information criterion, Δi , ΔAICc; wi, model weight of evidence, Cum. wi: cumulative weight of evidence. The AICc selection indicates that the null model has a ΔAICc of 14.18 and a weight of 0, indicating that age is an important variable influencing weaning success. The first set of age classes is the best model, with a weight of evidence of 0.63 and no other model with a ΔAICc less than 2. We therefore chose to use this first set of age classes for all the models of reproductive success. Figure S1 illustrates the effect of different structures of age on weaning success. 2013
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