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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Anim Behav Cogn. 2014 Aug 1;1(3):265–280. doi: 10.12966/abc.08.04.2014

Table 2. Model Ranking Based on Relative Likelihoods and Akaike Weights Calculated from ΔAICc Values for Response Variables.

Response Variable Random Effects Distribution Model AICc ΔAICc Relative Likelihood Akaike Weight
a) Calling yes/no focal individual Binomial Location * Feeding order * Sex + Age class + Residency (Full model) 383.4205 11.620 0.003 0.001
Feeding order (Final model) 371.7031 0 1.000 0.193
Feeding order + Sex 372.4543 0.751 0.687 0.132
Location + Feeding order 372.5212 0.818 0.664 0.128
Location + Feeding order + Sex 373.2710 1.568 0.457 0.088
Location * Feeding order 373.5899 1.887 0.389 0.075
b) Call rate focal individual Poisson Calling frequency * Landing frequency 339.5723 2.480 0.289 0.136
Calling frequency + Landing frequency 337.6379 0.546 0.761 0.357
Calling frequency : Landing frequency 346.1645 9.073 0.011 0.005
Calling frequency 342.3514 5.260 0.072 0.034
Landing frequency 337.0919 0 1.000 0.469
c) Call rate sampling day + location : feeding order Poisson Residency 353.0033
Focal 342.5482

Note. (+) indicate single factors added in the models; (:) indicate interactions between factors; (*) indicate the cross between factors (factors and their two-way interaction)

a)

Calling occurrence (yes/no)

b)

Call rate as a function of calling frequency and landing frequency

c)

Call rate with respect to residency and individual identity, showing AICc values for the two competing models