Figure 2. Set of candidate models to describe the variation in M. incanus density.

Sketches represent the graphical description of model expectations on density of M. incanus. Y-axis: density, either representing a prediction independent of landscape context (single line, Models D1 and D2) or dependent on landscape context (three lines, Models D3 to D8); X-axis: patch area; K is the number of parameters in the model; AIC_c is the modified Akaike information criterion for small sample sizes; Δ_i is the difference between the AIC_c value of model D_i and the AIC_c value of the most parsimonious model; ω_i is the Akaike weight of model D_i. Selected models (Models D6 and D8) with lowest AIC_c are shown in bold.