Table 3 Constant-rate and variable-rate models for the evolution of growth form

From: Comparative analysis of the interaction between habitat and growth form in diatoms

Model

# Rate classes

Mean lnL

k

Mean AICc

Mean ΔAICc

Mean ωi

Cumulative ωi

Symmetric

2

−135.49

4

279.12

0.31

0.47

0.47

Rates-equal, traits-symmetric

2

−136.84

3

279.76

0.96

0.34

0.81

Rates-equal, backward-different

2

−138.29

4

284.72

5.92

0.10

0.91

Rates-equal, traits-asymmetric

2

−136.91

5

284.04

5.24

0.07

0.98

Asymmetric

1

−141.77

2

287.58

8.78

0.01

0.99

Symmetric

1

−143.99

1

289.99

11.19

<0.01

1.00

  1. Abbreviation: AICc, Akaike Information Criterion corrected for sample size.
  2. Models are ordered based on their average Akaike weights (ωi) denoting the relative likelihood of each model. Refer to Figures 1a and c for model diagrams.