Haemosporidian parasite prevalence, parasitemia, and diversity in three resident bird species at a shrubland dominated landscape of the Mexican highland plateau

Table 2 Model selection results for house finches

Model description	K	AICc	ΔAICc	wi
Null	2	572.4442049	0	0.629529619
H_q + SMI + H_q*SMI	7	573.5991571	1.154952288	0.117787773
SMI	3	574.0855941	1.641389263	0.092357414
Proximity	3	574.5604941	2.116289263	0.109254617
H_q	4	576.7143396	4.27013475	0.037216728
proximity + SMI + proximity*SMI	5	577.8798	5.435595146	0.013853848

Comparison of six a priori models of parasitemia in house finches from shrubland sites of different habitat quality at the “Ixtlera” region of northern of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Abbreviations: k number of parameters, AICc Akaike information criterion adjusted for small sample sizes, ΔAICc Akaike differences, wi Akaike weights. H_q Habitat quality, SMI body condition index, proximity = distance from nearest water source. Null = a null model with only an intercept, but no explanatory variables
* Indicates interaction term

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