Table 2.
AIC-ranked models describing initial occupancy (ψ), settlement (γ), vacancy (ε) and detection probability (p) during the breeding season of water pipit (WP), dunnock (DU), robin (RO) and coal tit (CT).
| Species | Model | AIC | ΔAIC | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP | ψ(grs + bush), γ(grs + bush), ε(grs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 566.67 | 0.00 | 13 |
| ψ(grs + bush), γ(grs + bush + t), ε(grs + bush + t), p(session + autocov) | 566.79 | 0.12 | 15 | |
| ψ(grs + bush + t), γ(grs + bush), ε(grs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 566.84 | 0.17 | 14 | |
| ψ(grs + bush + t), γ(grs + bush + t), ε(grs + bush + t), p(session + autocov) | 567.16 | 0.49 | 16 | |
| ψ(grs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 630.27 | 63.60 | 7 | |
| DU | ψ(trs + bush + t), γ(trs + bush), ε(trs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 535.08 | 0.00 | 14 |
| ψ(trs + bush + t), p(session + autocov) | 537.77 | 2.69 | 8 | |
| RO | ψ(trs + bush + t), γ(trs + bush), ε(trs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 358.90 | 0.00 | 14 |
| ψ(trs + bush), γ(trs + bush), ε(trs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 360.07 | 1.17 | 13 | |
| ψ(trs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 383.95 | 25.05 | 7 | |
| CT | ψ(grs + bush), γ(grs + bush), ε(grs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 457.23 | 0.00 | 13 |
| ψ(grs + bush + t), γ(grs + bush), ε(grs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 458.30 | 1.07 | 14 | |
| ψ(grs + bush), p(session + autocov) | 486.51 | 29.28 | 7 |
The best static occupancy model (describing only ψ and p) for each species is reported in italics. Covariates included in the models: mean temperatures (t), extension of grassland (grs), bushes (bush) and trees (trs), sampling session (session), temporal autocovariate (autocov).