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. 2013 Jul 9;8(7):e68496. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068496

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).