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. 2019 May 17;66(1):15–20. doi: 10.1093/cz/zoz023

Table 2.

The 4 best-fit models with variables (minimum ambient temperature = Ta min [°C], rainfall = rain [mm], absolute barometric pressure = bp [hPa], body mass = bm [g]) that explain differences in TDT use (min), mean daily body temperature (Tb mean, °C), and TDA duration (min)

Variable Model AICc Delta P
T b mean Ta min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min × rain 2899.9 0.00 0.005
T a min + rain + bp + bm 2901.3 1.35
T a min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min× rain + Ta min× bp 2909.6 9.65
T a min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min× rain + Ta min× bp + rain × bp 2920.9 21.02
TDT Ta min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min × rain 10488.5 0.00 0.264
T a min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min× rain + Ta min× bp 10489.3 0.81
T a min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min× rain + Ta min× bp + rain × bp 10489.9 1.34
T a min + rain + bp + bm 10492.9 4.40
TDA Ta min + rain + bp + bm 10917.7 0.00 0.156
T a min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min× rain 10917.7 0.03
T a min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min× rain + Ta min× bp 10918.5 0.81
T a min + rain + bp + bm + Ta min× rain + Ta min× bp + rain × bp 10918.9 1.20

The P-value is from a log likelihood ratio test performed for the 2 top models. The best-fit model for each variable is indicated in bold.