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Table 1 Candidate model sets for A) the effect of weather and cort treatment, B) the effect of parental behavior and cort treatment, and C) the effect of weather, parental behavior, and cort treatment on tree swallow brood survival

From: Weathering the storm: parental effort and experimental manipulation of stress hormones predict brood survival

 

Model id

K

AICc

Effects in the model

ΔAICc

A.

1

4

160.93

maxtemp + rh × treatment

0.00

 

2

5

162.82

(maxtemp + rh) × treatment

1.89

 

3

2

163.34

maxtemp + treatment

2.41

 

4

3

165.34

maxtemp + rh + treatment

4.41

 

5

2

165.86

maxtemp + rh

4.93

 

6

4

166.40

rh + maxtemp × treatment

5.47

 

7

2

167.93

rh + treatment

7.00

 

8

1

168.33

treatment

7.40

 

9

0

168.72

null

7.79

B.

10

4

163.37

ffv + mfv × treatment

0.00

 

11

5

164.65

(ffv + mfv) × treatment

1.28

 

12

4

167.30

mfv + ffv × treatment

3.93

 

13

3

167.83

mfv + ffv + treatment

4.46

 

14

2

169.63

ffv + treatment

6.27

 

15

2

170.25

mfv + treatment

6.88

C.

16

8

159.92

maxtemp × mfv × treatment + ffv

0.00

 

17

8

161.92

rh × mfv × treatment + ffv

2.00

  1. K denotes the number of parameters in the model, AICc refers to the second order Akaike Information Criterion, ΔAICc shows the difference between the AICc value of a given model and the best-fit model in the set. Variable abbreviations: maxtemp daily maximum temperature, rh relative humidity, mfv/ffv male/female feeding rate (visits/h/chick)