TABLE 1.

Competing phylogenetic GLMMs predicting log fur THg concentrations across the Belize bat community (n = 247). Models are ranked by ΔLOOIC with LOOIC SE, Akaike weights (w_i) and Bayesian R² estimates. All models include random effects for species and phylogeny

Fixed effects	LOOIC	SE	ΔLOOIC	wi	$R_m^2$	$R_c^2$
~diet + year + site + year:site + diet:year	76.61	37.74	0.00	0.52	0.80	0.92
~diet * year + site	78.82	38.42	2.21	0.17	0.80	0.92
~diet + year + site + diet:site + diet:year + year:site	79.27	37.61	2.67	0.14	0.79	0.92
~diet * year * site	79.57	36.41	2.96	0.12	0.79	0.92
~diet + year + site + diet:site + diet:year	81.16	38.04	4.55	0.05	0.79	0.92
~diet + year + site + diet:site + year:site	88.03	32.75	11.42	<0.01	0.77	0.91
~diet * site + year	89.91	32.89	13.30	<0.01	0.78	0.91
~diet + year * site	90.15	33.17	13.54	<0.01	0.78	0.91
~diet + year + site	93.94	33.44	17.33	<0.01	0.78	0.91