Vineyards, but not cities, are associated with lower presence of a generalist bird, the Common Blackbird (Turdus merula), in Western France

Table 2 Model selection establishing variations in Common Blackbird presence in relation to fine-scale gradients of habitat and time since sunrise

Model	Fixed parameters	df	LL	AICc	ΔAICc	w_i
Woodland census sites
M₀	Null model	1	− 21.083	44.303	0	0.240
M₁	Time	2	− 19.979	44.386	0.083	0.230
M₂	PC_1W + Time	3	− 19.161	45.211	0.908	0.153
M₃	PC_1W	2	− 20.553	45.535	1.232	0.130
M₄	PC_2W	2	− 21.003	46.435	2.132	0.130
Urban census sites
M₁	PC_1U	2	‒ 19.526	43.480	0	0.241
M₀	Null model	1	‒ 20.690	43.519	0.039	0.236
M₂	Time	2	‒ 20.001	44.430	0.951	0.150
M₃	PC_1U + Time	3	‒ 18.857	44.603	1.123	0.137
M₄	PC_2U	2	‒ 20.677	45.782	2.302	0.076
Farmland census sites
M₀	Null model	1	‒ 19.493	41.123	0	0.351
M₁	Time	2	‒ 18.919	42.267	1.144	0.198
M₂	PC_2F	2	‒ 19.308	43.045	1.921	0.134
M₃	PC_1F	2	‒ 19.469	43.367	2.244	0.114
M₄	PC_2F + Time	3	‒ 18.563	44.015	2.891	0.083

Models are ranked according to decreasing statistical support, as indicated by AICc. Woodlands: PC_1W, PC_2W; Urban sites: PC_1U, PC_2U; Farmlands: PC_1F, PC_2F. Time since sunrise: Time. The five best models are shown

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