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Table 2 Result of posthoc tests for all statistically significant terms in the best model

From: Risk of predation: a critical force driving habitat quality perception and foraging behavior of granivorous birds in a Nigerian forest reserve

Significant variables

Contrast

Estimate

SE

t ratio

p-value

Food type

Groundnut = millet

0.389

0.071

5.937

< 0.001

Groundnut = rice

1.589

0.066

24.235

< 0.001

Millet = rice

1.200

0.058

18.298

< 0.001

Hab*microhab

Gallery forest: cover = open

‒ 1.512

0.089

16.304

< 0.001

Rocky outcrops: cover = open

‒ 0.335

0.093

‒ 3.610

< 0.001

Savannah: cover = open

‒ 0.788

0.081

‒ 8.497

< 0.001

Hab*timday

Gallery forest: morning = afternoon

‒ 0.049

0.063

‒ 0.524

0.601

Rocky outcrops: morning = afternoon

‒ 0.705

0.080

‒ 7.600

< 0.001

Savannah: morning = afternoon

0.530

0.098

5. 714

< 0.001

Microhab*timday

Morning: cover = open

‒ 0.739

0.086

‒ 9.576

< 0.001

Afternoon: cover = open

‒ 1.018

0.076

‒ 13.441

< 0.001