Table 5.

Candidate models explaining variation in apparent adult survival (ϕ), capture probability (p), and seniority probability (γ) for Eastern bluebirds in Everglades National Park, Florida, during 2001–2007 (excluding 2004)

Modela	Model likelihooda	ΔQAICcb,c	wid	No. of parametere
ϕpγ	432.2	0	0.64	4
ϕptimeγ	423.5	2.1	0.23	9
ϕpγtime	428.6	4.9	0.05	8
ϕptimeγtime	417.4	5.1	0.05	13
ϕtimepγ	430.8	7.3	0.02	8
ϕtimeptimeγtime	416.5	9.0	0.01	15
ϕtimepγtime	425.0	10.5	0.00	12
ϕtimeptimeγ	423.2	10.9	0.00	13

^a−(2 ln(L)/ĉ), where ĉ is a variance inflation factor calculated from the global model in a Cormack-Jolly-Seber analysis, ϕ_timep_time, for data collected from 1998 to 2007. For this model set, ĉ = 1.33.

^bΔQAIC_c is the difference between the value of the quasi-likelihood Akaike's Information Criterion, with a small sample correction (QAIC_c), for the given model and the model with the lowest QAIC_c score.

^cThe lowest QAIC_c score was 440.4.

^dQAIC_c wt (w_i) reflects relative likelihood that the model is the best in the candidate set.

^eIncludes an extra parameter for ĉ.