Table 2 Comparison of the best models.

From: Long-term trends in the body condition of parents and offspring of Tengmalm’s owls under fluctuating food conditions and climate change

Comparing the best model to the null model

Dependent variable

Body condition index of offspring

Body condition index of male parents

Body condition index of female parents

Delta AIC (AIC null − AIC best model)

5837.04

116.4

246.2

Relative information loss [exp((AIC_null − AIC_best)/2)]

0

5.1417E−26

3.4356E−54

  1. Comparison of the best model to the null model for body condition index of offspring, male and female parents (delta AIC and relative information loss).
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