Table 2 Explanatory variables tested for effects on demographic rates of Arctic-breeding shorebirds

Geolocator

Fixed (binomial)

X

X

X

X

X

Sex

Fixed (categorical)

–

–

X

–

–

Nest success^a

Fixed (categorical)

–

–

X

–

–

Previously marked^b

Fixed (binomial)

–

–

X

–

–

Body mass

Fixed (continuous)

–

–

X

–

–

Capture date

Fixed (continuous)

–

–

X

–

–

Blood sample

Fixed (binomial)

–

–

X

–

–

Marker mass^c

Fixed (continuous)

–

–

X

–

–

Difference between capture and recapture date

Fixed (continuous)

–

–

–

–

X

Difference between capture and recapture nest age

Fixed (continuous)

–

–

–

–

X

Site

Random on intercept and slope of geolocator effect

X

X

X

X

X

Year

Random on intercept

X

X

X

X

X

Individual

Random on intercept

–

–

X

–

–

Species

Random on intercept

–

X

–

X

X