Table 1 Model selection according to corrected Akaike criterion for finite sample size (AICc37) ordered from the most to the less appropriate. p = probability of presence/absence of cocoon; Uair = mean airflow velocity (fixed factor); d = distance from the cave entrance (fixed factor), L = mean light intensity; Site = collection site (random factor, categorical variable); Df = degrees of freedom; AICc = Corrected Akaike Information Criterion for finite sample size; Wi = Akaike weight

From: Cave spiders choose optimal environmental factors with respect to the generated entropy when laying their cocoon

Model structure

Df

AICc

Δ AICc

Wi

Y Uair + d + (1|Site)

4

29.742

0

0.611

Y Uair + d + L + (1|Site)

5

31.129

1.386

0.305

Y d + (1|Site)

3

35.156

5.414

0.041

Y d + L + (1|Site)

4

36.653

6.911

0.019

Y L + d

3

38.297

8.554

0.008

Y d

2

38.864

9.121

0.006

Y L + Uair + d

4

39.276

9.534

0.005

Y d + Uair

3

40.144

10.401

0.003

Y Uair + (1|Site)

3

44.854

15.111

0

Y Uair + L + (1|Site)

4

47.051

17.309

0

Y L + (1|Site)

3

55.692

25.949

0

Y Uair

2

55.883

26.141

0

Y L + Uair

3

56.977

27.235

0

Y L

2

58.440

28.697

0