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Table 1 Model selection for leatherback nest counts on Ya:lima:po beach in 2002. Selected models are in bold.

From: Phenology of marine turtle nesting revealed by statistical model of the nesting season

Models rank by AIC

-Ln L

Parameters

AIC

Akaike weights

 

Nests & SD

A: No sinusoid

   

Intra

Inter

 

S1 P1 S2 P2 K2 Max Min

471.31

10

962.63

0.3393

  

S1 P1 K1 S2 P2 Max Min

471.61

10

963.22

0.2525

  

S 1 P 1 S 2 P 2 Max Min

472.60

9

963.22

0.2520

0.0000

4652 SD 73

S1 P1 K1 S2 P2 K2 Max Min

471.16

11

964.32

0.1454

  

S1 P1 S2 P2 Max

477.79

8

971.57

0.0039

  

S1 P1 K1 S2 P2 Max

476.80

9

971.61

0.0038

  

S1 P1 S2 P2 K2 Max

477.59

9

973.18

0.0017

  

S1 P1 K1 S2 P2 K2 Max

476.79

10

973.58

0.0014

  

B: One sinusoid

      

Δ 1 φ 1 β 1

458.32

12

940.65

0.3413

  

Δ1 φ1 α1 β1

457.52

13

941.05

0.2793

0.0005

4719 SD 62

Δ1 φ1 τ1 β1

457.57

13

941.14

0.2674

  

Δ1 φ1τ1 α1 β1

457.45

14

942.90

0.1105

  

Δ1 φ1 α1

463.76

12

951.52

0.0015

  

C: Two sinusoids

      

Δ 2 φ 2 α 2 β 2

449.21

16

930.54

0.6065

0.0864

4716 SD 58

Δ2 φ2 τ2 α2 β2

449.07

17

932.14

0.2730

  

Δ2 φ2 β2

452.84

15

935.69

0.0463

  

Δ2 φ2 α2

452.93

15

935.87

0.0423

  

Δ2 φ2 τ2 β2

452.21

16

936.42

0.0320

  

D: Three sinusoids

      

Δ3 φ3 α3 β3

441.91

20

923.822

0.3994

  

Δ 3 φ 3 β 3

442.95

19

923.900

0.3842

0.9132

 

Δ3 φ3 τ3 α3 β3

441.91

21

925.822

0.1469

  

Δ3 φ3 τ3 β3

444.27

20

928.550

0.0376

  

Δ3 φ3 α3

445.44

19

928.878

0.0319