Nest site selection by the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius: is safety more important than food?

Zoological Studies

Table 2 Results of a stepwise multiple regression

Variable	B	Standard error	t ₍₄₇₎	p	Input to adjusted R²
Number of shrub species	3.413	0.559	6.100	0.0001	0.809
Cover of hazel shrubs taller than 4 m	0.013	0.003	3.949	0.0002	0.041
Number of Norway spruce trees in canopy	-0.075	0.025	-2.955	0.005	0.020

These results relate indices of nestbox use by Muscardinus avellanarius with vegetation parameters in the vicinity of the nestboxes in the most parsimonious model (adjusted R² = 0.870; F _(3,47) = 112.95; p < 0.0001).