Table 2.
Model selection results with temperature, RH, and their interactions as variables for Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l. development times. Models with the smallest AICc (ΔAICc = 0) for each variable within strain shown in bold
| Strain/models | POT | EIT | LMT | NMT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ΔAICc | R 2 | ΔAICc | R 2 | ΔAICc | R 2 | ΔAICc | R 2 | |
| FL | ||||||||
| T + R + TR | 4.34 | 0.688 | 4.34 | 0.760 | 0.00 | 0.836 | 1.78 | 0.835 |
| T + R | 2.08 | 0.687 | 2.08 | 0.759 | 2.81 | 0.835 | 1.14 | 0.835 |
| T | 0.00 | 0.687 | 0.00 | 0.759 | 3.34 | 0.834 | 0.00 | 0.835 |
| R | 68.46 | <0.001 | 82.50 | <0.001 | 955.24 | 0.002 | 1066.51 | 0.001 |
| NC | ||||||||
| T + R + TR | 4.41 | 0.842 | 4.29 | 0.799 | 2.02 | 0.788 | 3.41 | 0.893 |
| T + R | 2.14 | 0.842 | 2.01 | 0.792 | 0.72 | 0.788 | 1.93 | 0.893 |
| T | 0.00 | 0.842 | 0.00 | 0.795 | 0.00 | 0.787 | 0.00 | 0.893 |
| R | 110.73 | <0.001 | 95.93 | <0.001 | 888.16 | <0.001 | 1328.45 | <0.001 |
| CA | ||||||||
| T + R + TR | 0.00 | 0.749 | 3.12 | 0.940 | 2.24 | 0.817 | 0.00 | 0.845 |
| T + R | 3.29 | 0.717 | 1.63 | 0.939 | 0.25 | 0.817 | 3.78 | 0.844 |
| T | 5.19 | 0.691 | 0.00 | 0.938 | 0.00 | 0.816 | 4.48 | 0.844 |
| R | 60.34 | 0.026 | 130.92 | <0.001 | 834.22 | 0.007 | 1110.29 | <0.001 |
SSE of each model was included in Supp Table S8 (online only). T, temperature; R, RH; TR, temperature × RH. POT, preoviposition time; EIT, egg incubation time; LMT, larval molting time; NMT, nymphal molting time.