Table 2 Most plausible models according to the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), for haemosporidian ~ bird interactions.

From: Bird community effects on avian malaria infections

Model

Intercept

Chao

D

Chao2

Chao3

D4

log(D)

exp(D)

exp(Chao)

AICc

Delta

Weight

R2

Prevalence

 nullPrev

 − 2.206

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

7.198

0.000

0.332

 

 Prevalence ~ Chao

 − 2.199

0.000

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

9.588

2.390

0.101

 

Number of total infections

 Infections ~ D4

0.886

NA

NA

NA

NA

 + 

NA

NA

NA

99.154

0.000

0.550

0.470

 nullInfec

1.012

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

103.055

3.901

0.078

 

Number of infections by Haemoproteus

 nullInfec

0.223

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

75.029

0.000

0.245

 

 Infections ~ exp(Chao)

0.192

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

0.000

77.134

2.106

0.086

 

Number of infections by Plasmodium

 Infections ~ exp(D)

 − 5.118

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

2.290

NA

74.925

0.000

0.212

0.160

 Infections ~ D

 − 4.005

NA

5.006

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

74.927

0.002

0.212

0.160

 Infections ~ log(D)

0.875

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

3.798

NA

NA

74.938

0.013

0.211

0.160

 nullInfec

0.118

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

76.714

1.789

0.087

 

 Infections ~ Chao

 − 0.577

0.051

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

77.156

2.232

0.070

 

 Relative importance

  

0.330

   

0.330

0.330

     

Richness Haemoproteus lineages

 Chao Haem ~ Chao2

 − 0.004

NA

NA

 + 

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

67.992

0.000

0.426

0.310

 Chao Haem ~ Chao3

 − 0.007

NA

NA

NA

 + 

NA

NA

NA

NA

70.651

2.659

0.113

 

Richness Plasmodium lineages

 Chao Plas ~ D

 − 4.005

NA

5.006

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

74.927

0.000

0.575

0.160

 nullInfec

0.118

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

76.714

1.787

0.235

 

 Chao Plas ~ Chao

 − 0.577

0.051

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

77.156

2.230

0.189

 
  1. Δ(AICc) = [AICc—minAICc]; ω(AICc) = the rounded second order Akaike weights. Chao = Bird richness, D = Bird dominance.