Table 3. AIC table presenting comparative models for calving date of a semi-domesticated reindeer population in Kaamanen, North Finland, including different weather variables over different periods of the year.

Models	Fixed covariates						Calving date
Rank	♀ BCI	Proportion of males	Mean T°		Precipitation	Snow depth index	AICc	df	AICc weights	ΔAICc	R2
			April-May	May	April	April
1	×	×		×	×		13894.9	8	0.42	0.0	0.44
2	×	×	×		×		13895.3	8	0.36	0.4	0.45
3	×	×		×		×	13896.2	8	0.22	1.3	0.44

All linear mixed-effects models for calving date included female’s body condition index and proportion of males as fixed effects and female identity and year as random factors. The models presented in the table are the three competing models retained in explaining calving, i.e. with ΔAICc < 2 (see text for details).