Assessing site-safeguard effectiveness and habitat preferences of Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus) at their stopover sites within the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau using GPS/GSM telemetry

Table 2 Model selection results for the top five stopover habitat selection analysis models for the Bar-headed Geese during autumn and spring migration in 2016 and 2018/2019 respectively

Season	ID	Model structure^a	df	ΔAIC^b	Weight
Autumn	1	LC + ROA + RIV + ELV + SLP + ASP	12	0.0	1
	2	LC + ROA + RIV + SLP + ASP	11	206.6	0
	3	LC + RIV + ELV + SLP + ASP	11	397.4	0
	4	LC + ROA + ELV + SLP + ASP	11	567.8	0
	5	LC + RIV + SLP + ASP	10	607.4	0
Spring	1	LC + ROA + RIV + ELV + SLP + ASP	12	0.0	1
	2	LC + RIV + ELV + SLP + ASP	11	110.9	0
	3	LC + ROA + RIV + SLP + ASP	11	342.6	0
	4	LC + ROA + ELV + SLP + ASP	11	437.8	0
	5	LC + ELV + SLP + ASP	10	446.4	0

^a LC, land cover; ROA, distance to roads; RIV, distance to river; ELV, elevation; SLP, slope; ASP, aspect
^b ΔAIC, the difference between the current model AIC value and the minimum AIC value

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