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. 2015 Mar 20;10(3):e0120237. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120237

Table 1. Alternative models for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection loads (in logarithm) in six different sites.

AICc Wi Wt / W model R2 Min T Max T abund develop %var sites
with temperature-2 days 181.82 0.444 264284 0.523 -0.780 0.082 -0.013 -0.037 0.053
with temperature-5 days 182.08 0.389 231832 0.522 -0.622 -0.079 -0.009 -0.039 0.052
with temperature-10 days 184.25 0.131 78112 0.506 -0.392 -0.289 -0.024 -0.029 0.050
with temperature-15 days 187.54 0.025 15085 0.480 -0.281 -0.378 -0.024 -0.024 0.050
with temperature-22 days 189.85 0.008 4766 0.462 -0.106 -0.529 -0.029 -0.006 0.049
with temperature-30 days 192.50 0.002 1268 0.440 -0.067 -0.546 -0.024 0.020 0.048
without temperature 206.79 0.000 0.242 -0.451 0.087 0.038
weighted averages 0.519 -0.648 -0.047 -0.013 -0.036 0.052

The first six models include the average minimum and maximum water temperature (T) in six different time spans prior to tadpole sampling (i.e., two, five, ten, 15, 22 and 30 days), taking into account other three predictor terms: tadpole abundance (abund), tadpole development (develop) and site. Sample size is 66 (six sites x 11 months). AICc: AIC corrected for small sample sizes. Wi: model weights. Wt / W: quotient of strength of evidence dividing the weight (Wt) each model containing both maximum and minimum temperatures with the model without temperatures (W). Figures below Min T, Max T, tadpole abundance and development are standardized regression coefficients (β) obtained in mixed general linear models (β values inform about the magnitude and sign of the partial relationships of the predictor variables). Weighted averages: multimodel inference of standardized β regression coefficients considering the model weights Wi. The AICc figure for the null model (i.e., not including any effect) is 208.04.