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Table 1 Results of model selection for daily nest survival rate as a function of nest age, nesting date, nest height and vegetation structure in the close nest environment

From: Drivers of nest survival rate in a southern Tunisian population of Laughing Doves (Spilopelia senegalensis)

Rank

Model

K

AICc

ΔAICc

W

1

Vegetation + Age

3

160.271

0.000

0.39678

2

Vegetation + Age + Height

4

160.673

0.402

0.32452

3

Vegetation + Age + Date

4

162.186

1.915

0.15232

4

Vegetation + Age + Height + Date

5

162.576

2.305

0.12533

5

Vegetation

2

173.927

13.656

0.00043

6

Vegetation + Date

3

174.477

14.206

0.00033

7

Vegetation + Height

3

175.822

15.551

0.00017

8

Vegetation + Date + Height

4

176.323

16.052

0.00012

9

Age + Date

3

195.941

35.670

0.00000

10

Age + Date + Height

4

197.337

37.065

0.00000

11

Age

2

200.513

40.242

0.00000

12

Age + Height

3

201.691

41.420

0.00000

13

Constant model (intercept only)

1

318.373

158.101

0.00000

14

Date

2

320.306

160.035

0.00000

15

Height

2

320.373

160.102

0.00000

16

Date + Height

3

322.304

162.032

0.00000

  1. Models that received the highest support by the data are highlighted in italics. K = number of parameters, AICc = Akaike’s Information Criterion corrected for small sample size, ΔAICc = Difference in AICc from the top ranked model, W = model weight