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Table 1 Model selection results for the candidate set of models investigating the effect of covariates on area-under-the-curve for 8 estimators of home range for Florida Panther from 2005 to 2013 in Southern Florida, USA

From: Is there a single best estimator? Selection of home range estimators using area-under-the-curve

Model terms

K

AIC c

∆AIC c

Weights

Estimator + (1| animal)

10

786.06

0.00

1.0

Estimator + Percent fix success + GPS schedule + Number of locations + Study Area + (1| animal)

22

807.98

21.92

0.00

Intercept

3

1098.29

312.23

0.00

GPS schedule + (1| animal)

5

1103.15

317.09

0.00

Percent fix success + (1| animal)

5

1104.77

318.70

0.00

Number of locations + (1| animal)

6

1105.93

319.86

0.00

Percent fix success + GPS schedule + (1| animal)

7

1107.46

321.39

0.00

GPS schedule + Number of locations + (1| animal)

8

1111.06

324.99

0.00

Study Area + (1| animal)

8

1111.12

325.06

0.00

Percent fix success + GPS schedule + Number of locations + (1| animal)

10

1115.40

329.33

0.00

Number of locations + Study Area + (1| animal)

11

1118.28

332.21

0.00

Number of locations + GPS schedule + Study Area + (1| animal)

13

1122.14

336.07

0.00

  1. The term in parenthesis represents the random effect in our model.