Fig. 1

Effect sizes of covariates describing glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in free-living banded mongooses. Model averaging, parameter estimation (effect sizes), 85% confidence intervals [80], and relative importance [sum of Akaike weights (\(\Sigma w_i\))] for standardized ecological covariates describing fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) variability in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo), northeastern Botswana (2008–2011)