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Table 1 Competing model rankings by Akaike Information Criterion for small sample sizes (AICc) for factors influencing prediction of carnivore kill clusters

From: Identification of carnivore kill sites is improved by verified accelerometer data

Species

Model

Ka

AICc

Δ AICcb

AICc weight

Cumulative weight

Black bear

Activity

5

159.23

0

0.53

0.53

GPS

4

160.85

1.62

0.24

0.77

Landscape

5

162.87

3.65

0.09

0.86

GPS+Activity

8

162.96

3.73

0.08

0.94

Activity+Landscape

9

164.39

5.16

0.04

0.98

GPS+Landscape

8

166.71

7.48

0.01

0.99

Global

12

167.93

8.7

0.01

1

Bobcat

GPS+Activity

8

297.24

0

0.62

0.62

Global

12

298.63

1.39

0.31

0.94

GPS

4

302.94

5.71

0.04

0.97

GPS+Landscape

8

303.46

6.22

0.03

1

Activity+Landscape

9

313.55

16.31

0

1

Landscape

5

316.35

19.12

0

1

Activity

5

316.42

19.18

0

1

Coyote

Activity+Landscape

9

278.67

0

0.55

0.55

Activity

5

279.47

0.8

0.37

0.93

Global

12

283.81

5.14

0.04

0.97

GPS+Activity

8

284.44

5.77

0.03

1

Landscape

5

299.48

20.81

0

1

GPS

4

302.73

24.07

0

1

GPS+Landscape

8

303.71

25.04

0

1

Wolf

GPS+Activity

8

305.2

0

0.66

0.66

Global

12

306.99

1.79

0.27

0.93

Activity

5

310.14

4.94

0.06

0.98

Activity+Landscape

9

312.77

7.57

0.01

1

GPS

4

316.93

11.73

0

1

GPS+Landscape

8

318.12

12.92

0

1

Landscape

5

319.19

13.99

0

1

  1. ‘GPS’ includes number of cluster locations, number of days cluster was visited, and time of day the cluster was initiated. ‘Activity’ includes the sum of cluster activity, mean cluster activity, and the quadratic term for mean cluster activity and sum of cluster activity. ‘Landscape’ includes distance to nearest edge, hydrologic feature, and road, and patch size at the geometric mean of the cluster. ‘Global’ model includes all previous covariate terms. Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA, 2013–2015
  2. aNumber of parameters in the model
  3. bDifference between AICc score