Table 3.
Model selection table for desert tortoise path selection ranked by WAIC. The top three models were highly similar in WAIC score (in bold)
| Model | WAIC | ΔWAIC |
|---|---|---|
| slope + slope2 + wash+wash2 + veg + veg2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail | 35090.50 | 0.00 |
| slope + slope2 + wash+wash2 + veg + veg2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail+road*wash | 35090.56 | 0.06 |
| slope + slope2 + wash+wash2 + veg + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail | 35092.14 | 1.64 |
| wash+wash2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail | 35131.25 | 40.75 |
| wash+habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail | 35159.45 | 68.95 |
| slope + slope2 + wash+ wash2 + veg + veg2 + habitat road+fence+floodcontrol+rail+slope*wash | 35182.47 | 91.97 |
| slope + slope2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail | 35184.42 | 93.92 |
| road+slope + fence+floodcontrol+rail+habitat | 35188.02 | 97.52 |
| veg + veg2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail | 35214.96 | 124.47 |
| road+veg + fence+floodcontrol+rail+habitat | 35221.50 | 131.00 |
| habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail | 35228.94 | 138.44 |
| habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol | 35233.82 | 143.33 |
| habitat+road | 35281.80 | 191.31 |
| habitat+floodcontrol+rail | 35310.44 | 219.95 |
| habitat+floodcontrol | 35311.56 | 221.07 |
| habitat+fence | 35330.54 | 240.05 |
| habitat | 35341.03 | 250.54 |
| habitat+rail | 35342.31 | 251.82 |
| Null | 35368.26 | 277.77 |