Table 2. Candidate multilevel mixed effects models of consumptive effects from predators on mosquito survival, fitted to dataset of effect sizes (n = 187 from 34 studies), and ranked by corrected Akaike’s information criterion (AICc).
| Moderator(s) | Test of moderators(degrees of freedom, p-value) | AICc | ΔAICc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Predator family x vector genus | 28, < 0.0001 | 500.5 | 0 |
| Predator family | 19, < 0.0001 | 507.0 | 6.5 |
| Predator family + vector genus | 23, < 0.0001 | 508.1 | 7.6 |
| Vector genus | 5, < 0.0001 | 573.0 | 72.5 |
| None | ---- | 576.5 | 76.0 |