Figure 1.
Distribution of gray wolf dens detected between 2011 and 2012 in Hamedan province, Iran.
Wolf dens were overviewed in a context of topography and main roads in Hamedan province, Iran.
Figure 2.
Proportion of land use/land cover categories used in this study.
Proportion of each cover type was calculated within 2 km circular buffers around wolf den sites (den areas), random locations (random areas) and proportion of the whole study area (Hamedan province).
Table 1.
Mean (SE) values of variables measured at the level of the den area, in 2 km circular buffers with and without wolf dens in Hamedan province, Iran.
Table 2.
Mean (SE) values of fine-scale variables measured in sample plots with and without wolf dens in Hamedan province, Iran.
Table 3.
Selected candidate Generalized Linear Models explaining gray wolf den area selection patterns in Hamedan province, Iran, at the landscape level.
Table 4.
Relative importance (W+), model-averaged coefficient estimates (Estimate), and unconditional standard errors (SE) for the predictors included in the selected candidate models determining the probability of a given area being selected as a den area by wolves in Hamedan province, Iran (models with ΔAICc <2).
Table 5.
Selected candidate Generalized Linear Models explaining gray wolf den site selection patterns in Hamedan province, Iran, at the fine spatial scale.
Table 6.
Relative importance (W+), model-averaged coefficient estimates (Estimate), and unconditional standard errors (SE) for the predictors included in the selected candidate models determining the probability of a given site being selected as a den site by wolves in Hamedan province, Iran (models with ΔAICc<2).