Table 4. Ranking of models explaining the location error (LE) obtained by lightweight GPS collars in different suburban habitat types and sky availability classes during stationary collar tests (n = 36), Dunedin, New Zealand.
Model Description | K | AIC | ΔAIC | wi | Model Likelihood |
Sky availability+HDOP | 5 | 1724.59 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 1.00 |
Vegetation complexity+HDOP | 5 | 1726.29 | 1.70 | 0.26 | 0.43 |
Sky availability+Distance to buildings+HDOP | 6 | 1729.40 | 4.81 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
Vegetation complexity+Distance to buildings+HDOP | 6 | 1729.57 | 4.98 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
Vegetation complexity+Sky availability+HDOP | 6 | 1730.94 | 6.35 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Vegetation complexity+Sky availability+Distance to buildings+HDOP | 7 | 1735.45 | 10.86 | 0.003 | 0.004 |
K = number of parameters; ΔAIC = change in AIC; wi = Akaike weight.
Models were ranked based on the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC).