Table 3.
Competing models of the effect of changeable characteristics (sex, relative age, trapping time, the prior experience, and their interactions) on the trap choice of four small mammals’ species (only models with Δ AICc ≤ 2 are given).
| Model | K | AICc | Δ AICc | AICc weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myodes glareolus | ||||
| Age + prior experience | 5 | 297.828 | 0 | 0.520 |
| Age + prior experience + sex | 6 | 299.777 | 1.949 | 0.196 |
| Apodemus uralensis | ||||
| Const | 3 | 197.158 | 0 | 0.346 |
| Prior experience | 4 | 198.735 | 1.577 | 0.157 |
| Sex | 4 | 198.802 | 1.644 | 0.152 |
| Age | 4 | 198.892 | 1.734 | 0.145 |
| Sorex Araneus | ||||
| Const | 3 | 612.805 | 0 | 0.438 |
| Age | 4 | 614.142 | 1.337 | 0.224 |
| Prior experience | 4 | 614.178 | 1.373 | 0.220 |
| Sorex minutus | ||||
| Const | 2 | 82.802 | 0 | 0.746 |
“Const”—intercept only model. K—number of parameters in model.