The effect of relatedness and pack size on territory overlap in African wild dogs

Table 1 Linear Mixed Effects models investigating the factors affecting the percentage of a pack’s range that overlaps with that of a neighbouring pack (N = 40)

Model	Included parameters				k	AICc	Δi	Wi
Model	Intercept	Pack-size ratio	Relatedness	Pack-size ratio *Relatedness	k	AICc	Δi	Wi
1	+	+	+	+	9	305.02	0	0.62
2	+	+	+		5	306.04	1.02	0.38
3	+		+		4	308.5	3.49	0.097
4	+	+			3	313.3	8.24	0.009
Null model	+				2	314.82

Focal pack identity (N = 19) was included as a random term in all models. k = parameters, ∆i = AICci - AICcmin, wi = Akaike weights

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