Table 7.

AICc-based model selection for the 17 original single variable models (A) and the extended variable set (B).

	K	AICc	ΔAICc	AICcWt	Cum.Wt	LL
A
Teeth	2	19.0	0.0	1	1	−7.5
Height lower mandible	2	135.6	116.6	0	1	−65.8
Toe nail	2	189.7	170.7	0	1	−92.8
Bill height nostril	2	207.3	188.3	0	1	−101.6
Tarsus	2	211.7	192.7	0	1	−103.8
Tail	2	224.9	205.9	0	1	−110.4
Culmen	2	235.4	216.4	0	1	−115.7
Bill plus head	2	245.8	226.8	0	1	−120.9
Lower mandible	2	268.1	249.1	0	1	−132.0
Nail length	2	274.6	255.6	0	1	−135.3
Nail width	2	295.4	276.4	0	1	−145.7
Bill height nail	2	303.8	284.8	0	1	−149.9
Bill width	2	313.4	294.4	0	1	−154.7
Head length	2	315.7	296.7	0	1	−155.8
Head width	2	324.5	305.5	0	1	−160.2
Bill tip to nostril	2	324.6	305.6	0	1	−160.3
Bill height	2	325.7	306.7	0	1	−160.8
B
Teeth & Height lower mandible	3	11.7	0.0	0.89	0.89	−2.8
Teeth & Nail shape	3	16.4	4.7	0.09	0.98	−5.1
Teeth	2	19.0	7.3	0.02	1.00	−7.5
Height lower mandible	2	135.6	123.9	0.00	1.00	−65.8
Nail shape	2	182.4	170.7	0.00	1.00	−89.2
Culmen & Bill height	3	186.7	175.0	0.00	1.00	−90.3
Toe nail	2	189.7	178.0	0.00	1.00	−92.8
Bill height nostril	2	207.3	195.6	0.00	1.00	−101.6
Tarsus	2	211.7	200.0	0.00	1.00	−103.8
Tail	2	224.9	213.2	0.00	1.00	−110.4
Culmen	2	235.4	223.7	0.00	1.00	−115.7
Bill plus head	2	245.8	234.1	0.00	1.00	−120.9
Lower mandible	2	268.1	256.4	0.00	1.00	−132.0
Nail length	2	274.6	262.9	0.00	1.00	−135.3
Nail width	2	295.4	283.8	0.00	1.00	−145.7
Bill height nail	2	303.8	292.1	0.00	1.00	−149.9
Bill width	2	313.4	301.7	0.00	1.00	−154.7
Head length	2	315.7	304.0	0.00	1.00	−155.8
Head width	2	324.5	312.8	0.00	1.00	−160.2
Bill tip to nostril	2	324.6	312.9	0.00	1.00	−160.3
Bill height	2	325.7	314.0	0.00	1.00	−160.8

K = number of model parameters. AICc = , ΔAICc = difference in AICc's between the best and the current model, AICcWt = AICc weight, Cum.Wt = accumulated AICcWt, LL = loglikelihood value.