Table 2.

Wolverine‐habitat model selections in the south‐central region of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The best‐fit model for each model set is indicated by ΔAIC = 0.00 and AIC weight closest to 1.00. AIC values are calculated within each model set

Model set	Model no.	Variables	Residual deviance	Residual df	AIC	ΔAIC	AIC weight	−2LL
Null	0		149.46	90	286.23
Landcover	1	DENSECON + MIXED + + OPENCON + SHRUB + HERB + REGEN + SNOW.ICE	65.01	83	213.78	0.00	1.00	199.78
	2	DENSECON + OPENCON	125.70	88	264.48	50.7	0.00	260.48
	3	DENSECON	147.73	89	284.51	70.73	0.00	282.51
	4	MIXED	126.12	89	262.90	49.12	0.00	260.90
	5	SHRUB + HERB	144.46	88	283.23	69.45	0.00	279.23
	6	SHRUB	151.90	89	288.67	74.89	0.00	286.67
	7	REGEN	134.76	89	271.53	57.75	0.00	269.53
	8	SNOW.ICE	105.03	89	241.80	28.02	0.00	239.80
Human Disturbance	9	BLOCKURB + LINROAD + LININD + LINRECQ + LINRECL	79.30	85	224.08	2.12	0.23	214.08
	10	BLOCKURB	150.92	89	287.69	65.73	0.00	285.69
	11	LINROAD + LININD + LINRECQ + LINRECL	82.86	86	225.63	3.67	0.11	217.63
	12	LINROAD	145.53	89	282.31	60.35	0.00	280.31
	13	LININD	85.18	89	221.96	0.00	0.66	219.96
	14	LINRECQ + LINRECL	116.38	88	255.16	33.2	0.00	251.16
Climatic‐Abiotic	15	TRI + SP.SNOW	93.71	88	232.49	1.32	0.34	228.49
	16	TRI	137.10	89	273.88	42.71	0.00	271.88
	17	SP.SNOW	94.39	89	231.17	0.00	0.66	229.17
Biotic	18	WOLF + COUG + COYO + LYNX + BOBC + FOX + MART	104.56	83	253.33	7.02	0.03	239.33
	19	WOLF + COUG	141.98	88	280.76	34.45	0.00	276.76
	20	WOLF + COUG + COYO	110.21	87	250.98	4.67	0.08	244.98
	21	LYNX + BOBC + COYO + FOX + MART	138.42	86	281.20	34.89	0.00	271.20
	22	FOX + COYOTE	107.53	88	246.31	0.00	0.89	242.31
	23	LYNX	150.58	89	287.35	41.04	0.00	285.35
Cumulative effects	24	DENSECON + MIXED + SHRUB + HERB + REGEN + SNOW.ICE + BLOCKURB + LININD + LINRECL + SP.SNOW + COYOTE + FOX	48.631	78	207.74	0.00	1.00	183.74

Models highlighted in bold represent the best‐fit out of each model set.

Cumulative model was included as its own set.