Table 3.
Model selection for choice of habitat by birds from Anda and Sør‐Gjæslingan, ordered by the AIC from Anda
| Model | df | Anda | Sør‐Gjæslingan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIC | ΔAIC | w i | AIC | ΔAIC | w i | ||
| Departure time*wind speed | 6 | 768.3 | 0 | 1.00 | 173.5 | 11.8 | 0.00 |
| Day number*departure time | 6 | 780.3 | 12 | 0.00 | 173.0 | 11.3 | 0.00 |
| Departure time | 4 | 781.9 | 13.6 | 0.00 | 169.9 | 8.2 | 0.01 |
| BCI* wind speed | 6 | 822.0 | 53.7 | 0.00 | 162.0 | 2.3 | 0.22 |
| Day number*wind speed | 6 | 824.1 | 55.8 | 0.00 | 173.3 | 11.6 | 0.00 |
| Wind speed | 4 | 824.2 | 55.9 | 0.00 | 169.6 | 7.9 | 0.01 |
| Wind direction*wind speed | 8 | 829.9 | 61.6 | 0.00 | 172.7 | 11.0 | 0.00 |
| Day number | 4 | 847.4 | 79.1 | 0.00 | 169.9 | 8.2 | 0.01 |
| BCI | 4 | 845.0 | 81.7 | 0.00 | 161.7 | 0 | 0.42 |
| Tide | 4 | 851.4 | 83.1 | 0.00 | 167.9 | 6.2 | 0.02 |
| 0‐model | 3 | 852.8 | 84.5 | 0.00 | 167.9 | 6.2 | 0.02 |
| BCI*sex | 6 | 853.8 | 85.5 | 0.00 | 164.0 | 2.3 | 0.13 |
| Sex | 4 | 854.6 | 86.3 | 0.00 | 163.9 | 2.2 | 0.14 |
| Wind direction | 5 | 856.0 | 87.7 | 0.00 | 168.5 | 6.8 | 0.01 |
The models with the lowest AIC shown for each site are shown in bold. df, degrees of freedom; AICc, AIC corrected for finite sample size; ΔAICc, difference between the AICc of the model and the best model; w i, ratio of AICc values for this model relative to the whole set of candidate models (weight).