Effects of forest structure on the interaction between avian hosts, dipteran vectors and haemosporidian parasites

van Hoesel, Willem; Santiago-Alarcon, Diego; Marzal, Alfonso; Renner, Swen C.

doi:10.1186/s12898-020-00315-5

BMC Ecology

Table 2 Comparison of generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMM) using a model selection approach

From: Effects of forest structure on the interaction between avian hosts, dipteran vectors and haemosporidian parasites

Response variable	Explanatory variables
Response variable	Model description	k	AICc	ΔAICc	wi	Variance (fixed effects)	Variance (random effect)
a) Haemosporidian parasitemia	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry	5	588.65	0.00	0.92	0.012	0.255
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Vector abundance (females)	6	593.99	5.34	0.06	0.015	0.250
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Vector abundance (females) + H/L-ratio	7	596.56	7.91	0.02	0.018	0.243
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Vector abundance (females) + H/L-ratio + Forest category	9	603.10	14.45	0.00	0.028	0.242
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Vector abundance (females) + H/L-ratio + Forest category + Year	10	608.04	19.39	0.00	0.028	0.242
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Vector abundance (females) + H/L-ratio + Forest category + Year + Leucocyte	11	613.57	24.93	0.00	0.028	0.245
	Primary 3 asymmetry	4	645.56	56.91	0.00	0.001	0.259
	Tarsus assymmetry	4	657.22	68.58	0.00	0.009	0.261
	Null	3	723.35	134.70	0.00	0.000	0.270
b) Haemosporidian prevalence	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry	4	273.99	0.00	0.70	0.010	0.182
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Forest category	6	276.58	2.59	0.19	0.015	0.183
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Forest category + Leucocytes	7	278.64	4.65	0.07	0.015	0.182
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Forest category + Leucocytes + Vector abundance (females)	8	280.71	6.72	0.02	0.016	0.182
	Primary 3 asymmetry + Tarsus asymmetry + Forest category + Leucocytes + Vector abundance (females) + H/L-ratio	9	282.81	8.81	0.01	0.016	0.181
	Primary 3 asymmetry	3	293.59	19.60	0.00	0.000	0.176
	Tarsus asymmetry	3	299.53	25.53	0.00	0.013	0.189
	Tarsus asymmetry + Forest category + Leucocytes + Vector abundance (females) + H/L-ratio	8	307.70	33.71	0.00	0.021	0.193
	Null	2	323.55	49.56	0.00	0.000	na

Comparison of generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMM) relating to habitat category, physical traits, prevalence and parasitemia of all haemosporidians, from birds sampled at Schorfheide, Germany in 2014 and 2015. The factor bird species was used as a random factor

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