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Table 2 Relation between female roe deer body condition and tooth wear indices

From: Dentition and body condition: tooth wear as a correlate of weight loss in roe deer

Independent variables

BW (kg)

BW/ML (kg/mm)

AICc (Rank, Value)

R2 adj

F

p

AICc (Rank, Value)

R2 adj

F

p

Tooth wear scores

P3

7, 1329.0

0.221

91.26

< 0.01

7, -1838.6

0.211

86.28

< 0.01

P4

8, 1331.7

0.214

87.78

< 0.01

8, -1836.9

0.210

85.60

< 0.01

M1

9, 1334.1

0.209

84.80

< 0.01

9, -1830.1

0.197

78.98

< 0.01

M2

4, 1296.9

0.296

134.51

< 0.01

4, -1863.6

0.281

125.47

< 0.01

M3

5, 1298.5

0.292

132.22

< 0.01

5, -1859.9

0.268

117.41

< 0.01

M3 (Additional Distal Element)

10, 1354.7

0.156

59.65

< 0.01

10, -1821.0

0.169

65.60

< 0.01

M3 total

3, 1279.4

0.333

160.01

< 0.01

3, -1883.0

0.324

153.44

< 0.01

Premolars (P3 + P4)

6, 1307.4

0.272

119.89

< 0.01

6, -1858.5

0.263

114.57

< 0.01

Molars (M1 + M2 + M3total)

2, 1255.1

0.382

197.64

< 0.01

2, -1899.5

0.365

183.93

< 0.01

Molariforms (P3 + P4 + M1 + M2 + M3total)

1, 1247.3

0.397

210.48

< 0.01

1, -1907.6

0.381

196.48

< 0.01

M1 measurements

\(\overline{HM1}\)

11, 1359.5

0.145

55.13

< 0.01

11, -1806.2

0.122

44.98

< 0.01

Hypsodonty index (HI)

12, 1364.5

0.128

47.75

< 0.01

12, -1806.4

0.120

44.48

< 0.01

  1. Main parameters of linear regressions between eviscerated body mass (BW in kg; on the left) and the ratio of eviscerated body mass to total mandible length (BW/ML in kg/mm; on the right) as a dependent variable and tooth wear scores, M1 height (\(\overline{{{\text{HM}}_{1} }}\) in mm) and hypsodonty index of M1 (HI) for 319 roe deer females shot in the Arezzo province (Tuscany, Central Italy) during the regular annual harvest (1 Jan–15 Mar) between 2007 and 2017