Exploration forays in juvenile European hares (Lepus europaeus): dispersal preludes or hunting-induced troubles?

Table 3 Model selection for the distances moved from the home-range of origin ( Dm ) based on AICc and Akaike weights ( w _i )

*Models*	np	*Deviance*	*AICc*	*ΔAICc*	w _i
Hypothesis 1
*Dm = age*	6	10456.34	10469.38	0.00	0.28
**Dm = age + sexdisp***	9	10449.68	10470.01	0.62	0.20
*Dm = age + disp*	7	10454.98	10470.40	1.02	0.17
*Dm = age + sex + disp*	8	10452.80	10470.64	1.25	0.15
*Dm = age + sex*	7	10455.24	10470.66	1.28	0.15
Dm = agesex + sexdisp	11	10448.52	10474.03	4.65	0.03
Dm = agesex*	9	10454.52	10474.85	5.47	0.02
Dm = agesex + disp*	10	10452.02	10474.92	5.53	0.02
Hypothesis 2
**Dm = ageper***	12	10421.98	10450.20	0.00	0.21
**Dm = ageper + disp***	13	10419.42	10450.40	0.20	0.19
**Dm = ageper + sexdisp**	15	10414.20	10450.96	0.76	0.14
**Dm = ageper + sex + disp***	14	10417.18	10451.02	0.82	0.14
**Dm = ageper + dispper**	15	10415.40	10452.15	1.95	0.08
Dm = ageper + sexdisp + dispper*	17	10410.04	10452.91	2.71	0.05
Dm = ageper + dispper + sex	16	10413.20	10452.96	2.76	0.05
Dm = ageper + sexper + disp	16	10413.90	10453.67	3.47	0.04
Dm = ageper + sexdisp + dispper*	17	10411.18	10454.05	3.86	0.03

Models in bold characters are those having the best support from the data for each hypothesis. Only the the top ranked models are shown (see Additional file 4 for the complete model selection).

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