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Table 2 Breeding dispersal distance model ranking, Akaike’s information criteria (AIC), coefficient estimates (± 1 SE) for the 95% confidence set of models and the model average, and the relative importance indices

From: Effects of breeding success, age and sex on breeding dispersal of a reintroduced population of the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) in Ningshan County, China

Model ranking

Explanatory variables

σ

AIC

AICw

Intercept

Success

Age

Sex

1

53.2

0.39

2.04 ± 0.22

− 0.15 ± 0.05

0.15 ± 0.08

 

0.06 ± 0.26

2

53.8

0.29

2.41 ± 0.06

− 0.14 ± 0.05

  

0.06 ± 0.25

3

55.3

0.13

2.05 ± 0.23

− 0.16 ± 0.05

0.16 ± 0.09

− 0.04 ± 0.07

0.06 ± 0.25

4

55.8

0.12

2.44 ± 0.07

− 0.15 ± 0.05

 

− 0.04 ± 0.08

0.06 ± 0.24

Model average

  

2.20 ± 0.10

− 0.15 ± 0.05

0.16 ± 0.08

− 0.04 ± 0.07

0.06 ± 0.25

Relative importance

   

0.93

0.56

0.26

 
  1. Success = breeding success; sex = male; σ: standard deviation of the random effect
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