Fig. 2

Effects of food limitation, season, and access to concentrated anthropogenic food resources on glucocorticoid metabolites. Quartile plots (thick lines: interquartile range; thin lines: range; point: median) (a–d) and Bayesian estimation (means, points, with highest posterior density intervals, HPDI, lines) (e, f) of wet season (a, b), dry season (c, d), and seasonal differences (e, f) in fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) concentrations (a, c, e) and percentage fecal organic matter (b, d, f) in banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) groups, northeastern Botswana (2008–2011). Values are shown for groups (gray dots and lines) along a synanthropic scale (increasing access to anthropogenic resources from left to right, ending with a captive group). Broad categories (black dots and lines) are indicated along this scale for “park” (p), “park + lodge” (p + l), and “urban + lodge” (u + l). Results for the Bayesian estimation (e, f) are provided in Tables 3 and 4