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. 2018 Dec;24(12):2184–2194. doi: 10.3201/eid2412.180382

Table 3. Statistical support for phylogeny in study of terrestrial bird migration and West Nile virus circulation, United States*.

Variable Mean ESS 95% HPD interval
Posterior −49722.50 1370 −49803.21 to −49640.55
Prior −3987.09 1110 −4051.92 to −3916.56
Likelihood −45735.41 2179 −45780.00 to −45691.43
MRCA 11.92 3119 10.82 to 13.08
UCLD.mean 3.92 × 10−4 1604 3.55 × 10−4 to 4.49 × 10−4

*ESS, effective sample size; HPD, highest posterior density; MRCA, most recent common ancestor (years before 2009); UCLD.mean, evolution rate inferred with an uncorrelated clock model with lognormal distribution.