Table 1 Comparison of evolutionary models tested in order to identify the diversification pattern and rate shifts in the phylogeny of Niphargus.

From: A subterranean adaptive radiation of amphipods in Europe

Model

la1

mu1

K1

la2

mu2

K2

t-shift

AIC

AICw

Shift in speciation rate

0.09

0

505.10

0.26

mu_1

K_1

15.70

2214.64

0.57

Shift in speciation rate and carrying capacity

0.12

0

45.15

0.25

mu_1

523.01

15.52

2217.02

0.17

Shift in speciation rate, extinction rate and carrying capacity

0.14

0.01

35.20

0.26

0

501.18

15.70

2217.21

0.16

Shift in extinction rate and carrying capacity

0.24

0.07

25.08

la_1

0

552.42

15.49

2217.97

0.11

Shift in carrying capacity

0.20

0

1.56

la_1

mu_1

666.39

37.51

2238.11

0

Diversity dependent model without shift

0.21

0

609.67

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2241.14

0

  1. Optimised parameters: la = speciation, mu = extinction, K = carrying capacity, t-shift = time of shift in Mya. The number denotes parameters before (1) or after (2) the shift. All optimising functions reached convergence.