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Table 3 Model selection table for desert tortoise path selection ranked by WAIC. The top three models were highly similar in WAIC score (in bold)

From: Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise

Model

WAIC

ΔWAIC

slope + slope2 + wash+wash2 + veg + veg2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail

35090.50

0.00

slope + slope2 + wash+wash2 + veg + veg2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail+road*wash

35090.56

0.06

slope + slope2 + wash+wash2 + veg + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail

35092.14

1.64

wash+wash2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail

35131.25

40.75

wash+habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail

35159.45

68.95

slope + slope2 + wash+ wash2 + veg + veg2 + habitat road+fence+floodcontrol+rail+slope*wash

35182.47

91.97

slope + slope2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail

35184.42

93.92

road+slope + fence+floodcontrol+rail+habitat

35188.02

97.52

veg + veg2 + habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail

35214.96

124.47

road+veg + fence+floodcontrol+rail+habitat

35221.50

131.00

habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol+rail

35228.94

138.44

habitat+road+fence+floodcontrol

35233.82

143.33

habitat+road

35281.80

191.31

habitat+floodcontrol+rail

35310.44

219.95

habitat+floodcontrol

35311.56

221.07

habitat+fence

35330.54

240.05

habitat

35341.03

250.54

habitat+rail

35342.31

251.82

Null

35368.26

277.77