Table 1 A summary of the top ten Binomial Generalised Linear Mixed Models used to determine association of various factors with the occurrence of skin lesions in snakes, ranked by their Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) score.
Predictor | Number of parameters (K) | AIC | ΔAIC | Weight | Log likelihood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month + Sex + Snout Vent Length (SVL) + Slough Cycle Phase + Trauma | 12 | 602.92 | 0.00 | 0.79 | − 289.25 |
Month + Sex + SVL + Slough Cycle Phase | 11 | 605.51 | 2.59 | 0.21 | − 291.58 |
SVL + Slough Cycle Phase + Trauma | 7 | 620.40 | 17.59 | 0.00 | − 303.13 |
Slough Cycle Phase + SVL | 6 | 621.11 | 18.19 | 0.00 | − 304.50 |
Month + SVL | 7 | 643.80 | 40.89 | 0.00 | − 314.83 |
Sex + SVL | 4 | 656.76 | 53.85 | 0.00 | − 324.36 |
SVL + Trauma | 4 | 657.59 | 54.67 | 0.00 | − 324.77 |
SVL | 3 | 658.86 | 55.94 | 0.00 | − 326.41 |
Month + Slough Cycle Phase | 9 | 727.66 | 124.74 | 0.00 | − 354.71 |
Month + Trauma | 7 | 736.83 | 133.91 | 0.00 | − 361.34 |
