Table 1.

Summary of competing patch-occupancy models, the number of parameters in the model, the effective number of parameters (pD) and the difference in the deviance information criteria value (ΔDIC) relative to the highest ranked model (DIC = 1839).

model	source	rate	parameters (free/fixed)	pD	ΔDIC
2	D	10	5 (3, 2)	3.32	0
3	D	10	6 (4, 2)	3.67	0.69
2	R	10	4 (3, 1)	2.44	0.71
3	R	10	5 (4, 1)	2.67	1.22
2	P	10	5 (3, 2)	3.08	3.95
3	P	10	6 (4, 2)	3.33	4.50
2	D	6	5 (3, 2)	3.29	11.4
3	D	6	6 (4, 2)	3.53	11.9
2	R	6	4 (3, 1)	2.44	13.5
3	R	6	5 (4, 1)	2.66	14.0
2	P	6	5 (3, 2)	3.23	16.4
3	P	6	6 (4, 2)	3.56	17.1
2	D	2	5 (3, 2)	3.32	45.1
3	D	2	6 (4, 2)	3.58	45.6
2	R	2	4 (3, 1)	2.31	48.2
3	R	2	5 (4, 1)	2.65	48.9
2	P	2	5 (3, 2)	3.16	50.1
3	P	2	6 (4, 2)	3.60	51.1
1	R	10	3 (2, 1)	1.88	61.8
1	D	10	4 (2, 2)	2.96	62.9
1	P	10	4 (2, 2)	2.84	66.9
1	D	6	4 (2, 2)	2.90	78.2
1	R	6	3 (2, 1)	1.91	78.4
1	P	6	4 (2, 2)	2.71	81.8
1	D	2	4 (2, 2)	2.86	114.0
1	R	2	3 (2, 1)	1.95	116.0
1	P	2	4 (2, 2)	2.81	118.2
0	R	0	1 (1, 0)	0.97	123.2