Table 2. Model selection on RLMs predicting alligator body condition (Fulton’s factor, K).

Model	AICc	Δi	wi	k
Colony presence + Water depth range + Alligator holes	215.80	0.00	0.73	5
Colony presence	219.23	3.43	0.13	3
Colony presence + Water depth range	220.38	4.58	0.07	4
Colony presence + Tree island area	221.83	6.02	0.04	4
Colony presence × Minimum water depth†	224.49	8.69	0.01	7
Water depth range	225.13	9.33	0.01	3
Tree island area	226.91	11.10	0.00	3
Minimum water depth† × Water depth range	227.05	11.25	0.00	7
Minimum water depth†	229.19	13.38	0.00	4
Minimum water depth† × Tree island area	231.73	15.93	0.00	7
Minimum water depth† × Alligator holes	236.19	20.39	0.00	7

AIC_c, second-order variant of Akaike’s Information Criterion; Δ_i, difference in AIC_c between model i and the top model; w_i, relative likelihood of model i [i.e., Pr(model_i is the best model | data)]; k, number of model parameters

^† Quadratic term included