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. 2012 Nov 14;7(11):e48233. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048233

Table 5. Results of the Birth-Death Likelihood analysis based on fitting different diversification models to Cambarellinae and its containing groups (Gulf and Mexican Groups).

Group pureBirth BD DDL DDX yule2rate
Cambarellinae Parameters r1 = 0.122 r1 = 0.053 r1 = 0.122 r1 = 0.064 r1 = 0.043
a = 0.706 k = 476707.6 x = −0.297 r2 = 0.152
Ln(L) 16.600 15.815 16.601 15.969 14.668
AIC −35.201 −35.631 −37.201 −35.939 −35.336
ΔAIC 0 −0.430 −2 −0.738 −0.135
Gulf r1 = 0.106 r1 = 0.088 r1 = 0.197 r1 = 0.127 r1 = 0.153
a = 0.229 k = 12.126 x = −0.117 r2 = 0.059
st = 4.116
Ln(L) 12.101 12.089 11.783 12.083 11.395
AIC −26.202 −28.179 −27.567 −28.166 −28.791
ΔAIC 0 −1.977 −1.365 −1.964 −2.589
Mexican r1 = 0.174 r1 = 0.174 r1 = 0.276 r1 = 0.296 r1 = 0.210
a = 0.0 k = 21.007 x = 0.283 r2 = 0.120
st = 2.225
Ln(L) 10.201 10.201 9.894 10.049 9.834
AIC −22.402 −24.402 −23.789 −24.096 −25.669
ΔAIC 0 −2 −1.387 −1.694 −3.267

r = net diversification rate (speciation events per million years);

a = extinction fraction;

st = time of rate shift (MYA);

k = carrying capacity prameter;

x = rate change parameter;

Ln(L) = Log-Likelihood;

AIC = Akaike information criterion;

ΔAIC = change in AIC relative to pureBirth.