Table 2 Predicting changes in move-persistence as a function of environmental covariates for narwhals selecting offshore versus nearshore migration routes

Offshore

 ~ ice.con + slope + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

10

0

− 2460.9

 ~ ice.con + bathy + slope + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

11

1.15

− 2461.7

 ~ ice.con + slope + sst + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

11

1.79

− 2461.1

 ~ ice.con + bathy + slope + sst + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

12

2.92

− 2461.9

-

–

–

–

 ~ dist + dist² + (1 | id)

8

14.04

− 2442.8

 ~ sst + bathy + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

10

15.06

− 2445.8

 ~ sst + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

9

16.00

− 2442.9

Nearshore

 ~ ice.con + bathy + slope + sst + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

12

0

− 5006.9

 ~ ice.con + bathy + slope + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

11

1.64

− 5003.3

 ~ ice.con + slope + sst + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

11

3.05

− 5001.9

–

–

–

 ~ dist + dist² + (1 | id)

8

61.25

− 4937.7

 ~ sst + dist + dist² + (1 | id)

9

63.06

− 4737.9