Table 2 AIC table of generalized linear models predicting (a) the presence of skin lesions, (b) qPCR detection of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, and (c) ophidiomycosis category in snakes from Georgia, USA, 2016–2018 (n = 618). Y = year, M = month, S = species, G = Genus, A = age class, K = number of parameters, AICc = second-order Akaike information criterion, ΔAICc = difference in AICc between ranked models, wi = Akaike weight.
Model | Hypothesis | K | AICc | ΔAICc | wi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(a) Skin Lesion Presence | |||||
Y + M + S + A | Temporal + Individual | 38 | 680.3 | 0 | 0.999 |
Y + M + G + A | Temporal + Individual | 29 | 694.5 | 14.26 | 0.001 |
S + A | Individual | 26 | 699.7 | 19.41 | 0 |
Y + M | Temporal | 13 | 708.6 | 28.38 | 0 |
G + A | Individual | 17 | 716.5 | 36.28 | 0 |
Null | – | 1 | 731 | 50.75 | 0 |
(b) qPCR Detection of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola | |||||
S + A | Individual | 26 | 457.5 | 0 | 0.918 |
M + S + A | Temporal + Individual | 36 | 463.5 | 6.03 | 0.045 |
G + A | Individual | 17 | 463.9 | 6.45 | 0.036 |
M + G + A | Temporal + Individual | 27 | 472.1 | 14.68 | 0.001 |
M + G + A + C | Temporal + Spatial + Individual | 45 | 483.8 | 26.36 | 0 |
M + S + A + C | Temporal + Spatial + Individual | 54 | 486.9 | 29.44 | 0 |
Null | – | 1 | 500.7 | 43.18 | 0 |
M | Temporal | 11 | 501.7 | 44.23 | 0 |
C | Spatial | 19 | 503 | 45.56 | 0 |
(c) Ophidiomycosis Category | |||||
S + A | Individual | 78 | 1112.9 | 0 | 0.531 |
G + A | Individual | 51 | 1113.2 | 0.3 | 0.458 |
Null | – | 3 | 1121.2 | 8.27 | 0.008 |
Y + M | Temporal | 39 | 1124.3 | 11.31 | 0.002 |
Y + M + G + A | Temporal + Individual | 87 | 1135.1 | 22.16 | 0 |
Y + M + S + A | Temporal + Individual | 114 | 1143.1 | 30.16 | 0 |
C | Spatial | 57 | 1158.8 | 45.82 | 0 |
Y + M + G + A + C | Temporal + Spatial + Individual | 141 | 1226.6 | 113.63 | 0 |
Y + M + S + A + C | Temporal + Spatial + Individual | 168 | 1269.2 | 156.3 | 0 |
