The natural history and ecology of melanism in red wolf and coyote populations of the southeastern United States – evidence for Gloger’s rule

Table 6 Model averaged parameter estimates for 3rd-order resource selection functions for radio-collared coyotes in the southeastern United States. Shown are β coefficients, standard error (SE), and 95% confidence intervals (CI)

Coat color	Model variables	β	SE	95% CI
Gray coyote	Intercept	−1.115	0.062	−1.239, −0.992
	Percent canopy cover	0.054	0.007	0.039, 0.066
	Distance to agriculture	−0.257	0.008	−0.273, −0.240
	Distance to forest	−0.002	0.005	−0.023, 0.013
	Distance to roads	0.037	0.016	0.012, 0.066
	Distance to development	−0.037	0.008	−0.052, −0.022
	Distance to shrubland	−0.087	0.008	−0.103, −0.071
	Distance to wetlands	0.148	0.007	0.134, 0.162
Melanistic coyote	Intercept	−1.112	0.028	−1.167, − 1.056
	Percent canopy cover	0.238	0.012	0.213, 0.259
	Distance to agriculture	0.012	0.014	−0.002, 0.047
	Distance to forest	0.090	0.014	0.068, 0.120
	Distance to roads	−0.048	0.017	−0.080, − 0.018
	Distance to development	−0.045	0.012	−0.069, − 0.024
	Distance to shrubland	−0.011	0.014	−0.046, 0.004
	Distance to wetlands	−0.063	0.012	−0.087, − 0.038

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