Fig. 5

Monthly effects of food limitation, anthropogenic food, reproduction, and rainfall on fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (fGCMs). Quartile plots [81] of fGCMs (\(\upmu\)g/g org. content) (a, c, e), and percentage fecal organic matter (b, d, f), by month for categories of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) groups, northeastern Botswana (2008–2011). We categorized mongoose groups by decreasing exposure to anthropogenic resources, from “captive” (a, b) to “urban + lodge” (c, d) to “park + lodge” ( e, f). We depict monthly rainfall with shading relative to the maximum median monthly rainfall (January: 184 mm) and monthly reproductive events (group estrus or parturition) relative to the monthly maximum number of reproductive events