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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 2.
Published in final edited form as: Auk. 2017 Oct 9;134(4):903–916. doi: 10.1642/auk-16-230.1

TABLE 1B.

Comparison of predictors of nest flooding probability, in the first stage of model selection.

Predictors of nest
depredation
Predictors of nest flooding Negative log
likelihood
ΔAICc a Weight K b
Intercept-only Maximum high tide + sea-level rise + 1% exceedance value + serial date 1,527.22 0 0.29 6
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide + 1% exceedance value + serial date 1,527.24 0.03 0.29 6
Intercept-only Maximum high tide + 1% exceedance value + serial date 1,528.55 0.65 0.21 5
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide + sea-level rise + serial date + 1% exceedance value 1,527.16 1.88 0.11 7
Intercept-only Latitude + 1% exceedance value + serial date 1,530.05 3.66 0.05 5
Intercept-only Sea-level rise + 1% exceedance value + serial date 1,530.65 4.85 0.03 5
Intercept-only Latitude + sea-level rise + 1% exceedance value + serial date 1,530.02 5.60 0.02 6
Intercept-only Maximum high tide + 1% exceedance value 1,535.02 11.59 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide + 1% exceedance value 1,534.64 12.84 <0.01 5
Intercept-only Maximum high tide + sea-level rise + 1% exceedance value 1,534.69 12.94 <0.01 5
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide + sea-level rise + 1% exceedance value 1,534.64 14.84 <0.01 6
Intercept-only Latitude + 1% exceedance value 1,536.93 15.42 <0.01 4
Intercept-only 1% exceedance value + serial date 1,537.28 16.12 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Sea-level rise + 1% exceedance value 1,537.48 16.52 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Latitude + sea-level rise + 1% exceedance value 1,536.93 17.42 <0.01 5
Intercept-only Maximum high tide + sea-level rise + serial date 1,538.71 20.99 <0.01 5
Intercept-only 1% exceedance value 1,540.9 21.36 <0.01 3
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide + sea-level rise + serial date 1,538.04 21.65 <0.01 6
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide + serial date 1,540.02 23.61 <0.01 5
Intercept-only Maximum high tide + serial date 1,541.26 24.08 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Latitude + sea-level rise + serial date 1,540.81 25.18 <0.01 5
Intercept-only Serial date 1,543.58 26.71 <0.01 3
Intercept-only Latitude + serial date 1,543.36 28.27 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Sea-level rise + serial date 1,543.58 28.71 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Maximum high tide + sea-level rise 1,543.66 28.88 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide + sea-level rise 1,543.1 29.75 <0.01 5
Intercept-only Latitude + maximum high tide 1,545.27 32.10 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Latitude + sea-level rise 1,545.39 32.34 <0.01 4
Intercept-only Intercept-only 1,548.19 33.93 <0.01 2
Intercept-only Maximum high tide 1,547.44 34.43 <0.01 3
Intercept-only Sea-level rise 1,547.73 35.01 <0.01 3
Intercept-only Latitude 1,548.14 35.84 <0.01 3
a

The AICc value of the top model was 3,066.45.

b

K = number of estimated parameters.