Table 2.

Mean DEB scaling exponents and comparison of model fit in terms of AIC weights. Mean Akaike weights of each model are given for each insect group, i.e. the likelihood the best model of the set [14]. Parentheses contain 95% CIs.

		mean species AIC weight by model and order				mean DEB scaling exponents
	N	exp.	von Bert.	WBE	DEB	α	b	c
Coleoptera	8	0.177	0.005	0.008	0.810	0.517 (0.229, 0.804)	0.952 (0.840, 1.063)	1.183 (0.896, 1.471)
Diptera	7	0.045	0.038	0.053	0.864	0.437 (0.098, 0.777)	0.748 (0.646, 0.850)	1.104 (0.764, 1.443)
Hemiptera	9	0.159	0.001	0.002	0.838	0.377 (0.095, 0.660)	0.873 (0.737, 1.009)	1.044 (0.761, 1.327)
Hymenoptera	2	0.096	0.002	0.003	0.899	0.794 (−0.639, 2.227)	0.883 (0.703, 1.062)	1.461 (0.028, 2.894)
Lepidoptera	15	0.160	0.001	0.002	0.837	1.012 (0.725, 1.299)	0.949 (0.894, 1.005)	1.679 (1.391, 1.966)
Neuroptera	1	0.051	0.000	0.000	0.949	0.678	0.900	1.345
Orthoptera	8	0.100	0.000	0.000	0.899	0.384 (0.008, 0.760)	0.892 (0.617, 1.168)	1.051 (0.675, 1.427)
all orders	50	0.132	0.007	0.010	0.851	0.622 (0.484, 0.760)	0.895 (0.844, 0.946)	1.289 (1.151, 1.427)