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Results compare parameter sets including main effects and interaction terms (e.g., Year*pH, LLA*pH), identify the best-supported model, and summarize how predictor combinations explain spatial-temporal variation. 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Descriptive statistics, interquartile range (IQR), and model-averaged parameter estimates (Estimate) and associated 95% confidence limits (95% CLs) for explanatory variables used to model patterns in Common Loon (Gaviaimmer)reproductive success across southern Canada between 1992 and 2010. Model-averaged parameter estimates and associated 95% CLs for longitude, year, log lake area, and intercept are based on the models in part one of the analysis (Table 1); for pH they are based on models in part two of the analysis (Table 3) . |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Variable |  | Median | Min | Max | IQR | Estimate | 95% CLs (lower, upper) |\n| Longitude |  | −78.7 | −127.6 | −52.8 | 7.5 | −0.0044 | −0 .0076, −0.0012 |\n| Year† |  | 2000 | 1992 | 2010 | 8 | −0.014 | −0 .021, −0.0093 |\n| Lake Area‡ |  | 256 | 3.8 | 2908 | 840 | 0.16 | 0.11, 0.23 |\n| pH |  | 7.1 | 4.2 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 0.19 | 0.13, 0.24 |\n| Intercept |  | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.80 | −0 .95, −0.67 |\n| †\u003Cbr>‡ | Year was re-coded as 1992=1, 1993=2, . .. , 2010=19 for all analyses; uncoded values are given here for ease of interpretation. Lake area was log10-transformed for all analyses; back-transformed values are given here in ha for ease of interpretation. |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n| Table 3. Model selection results for 25 candidate models explaining patterns in Common Loon (Gavia immer) reproductive success as a function of longitude, year, lake area, and pH across southern Canada between 1992 and 2010. K = number of parameters; QAICc = quasiliklihood Akaike’s information criterion; w = Akaike weight; LLA = log lake area . Parameter estimates with 95% confidence limits (lower, upper) are shown below for the best model; model-averaged estimates are given in Table 2. |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Model | K | QAICc | ∆QAICc | w |\n| Year + LLA + pH† | 5 | 6610.2 | 0.0 | 0.30 |\n| Year + LLA + pH + Year*pH | 6 | 6610.5 | 0.4 | 0.25 |\n| Year + LLA + pH + LLA*pH | 6 | 6611.4 | 1.2 | 0.16 |\n| Year + pH | 4 | 6612.8 | 2.6 | 0.08 |\n| Year + pH + Year*pH | 5 | 6613.1 | 2.9 | 0.07 |\n| Longitude + Year + pH + Longitude*Year | 6 | 6613.3 | 3.2 | 0.06 |\n| Longitude + Year + pH | 5 | 6614.0 | 3.9 | 0.04 |\n| Longitude + Year + pH + Year*pH | 6 | 6614.3 | 4.2 | 0.04 |\n| LLA + pH | 4 | 6623.5 | 13.4 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + LLA + pH | 5 | 6624.0 | 13.9 | 0.00 |\n| LLA + pH + LLA*pH | 5 | 6624.7 | 14.5 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + LLA + pH + LLA*pH | 6 | 6625.1 | 14.9 | 0.00 |\n| pH | 3 | 6626.0 | 15.8 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + pH | 4 | 6626.6 | 16.5 | 0.00 |\n| Year + LLA | 4 | 6649.2 | 39.1 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + Year + LLA + Longitude*Year | 6 | 6649.7 | 39.6 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + Year + LLA | 5 | 6650.5 | 40.3 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + Year + LLA + pH + Longitude*Year + Year*pH + LLA*pH | 10 | 6659.3 | 49.1 | 0.00 |\n| LLA | 3 | 6660.4 | 50.2 | 0.00 |\n| Year | 3 | 6661.5 | 51.4 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + Year + Longitude*Year | 5 | 6661.9 | 51.8 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + Year | 4 | 6662.0 | 51.8 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude + LLA | 4 | 6662.1 | 51.9 | 0.00 |\n| Intercept-only | 2 | 6672.1 | 61.9 | 0.00 |\n| Longitude | 3 | 6673.2 | 63.0 | 0.00 |\n| † Loge(Six-week-old young per pair per year) = 0.013(−0.018, −0.0","cbCain4HmC1ipXdo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain4HmC1ipXdo","pdf",643292,16,"English","# Model selection results\n## Candidate models and selection criteria (QAICc, w)\n## Best-supported predictor structure","[{\"question\":\"What response variable is modeled in these tables?\",\"answer\":\"The modeled response is Common Loon reproductive success across southern Canada.\"},{\"question\":\"Which predictors are considered for explaining reproductive success?\",\"answer\":\"Models use longitude, year, log lake area (LLA), and pH, including possible interaction terms.\"},{\"question\":\"How are candidate models compared and selected?\",\"answer\":\"Models are compared using QAICc and Akaike weights (w); the best model is the one with the lowest QAICc (and highest support by weight).\"}]","Common Loon reproductive success model selection results (1992-2010) - best model (Table 3) | PDF"]