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Table 4 Ranking of best-fit models describing parasite abundance in Rattus norvegicus captured at São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil from 2010 to 2011; k = number of parameters in the models

From: A longitudinal study of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in an urban population of Rattus norvegicus in Brazil: the influences of seasonality and host features on the pattern of infection

Model

Log(l)

AICc

k

∆AICc

AICc weight

1-Season + weight × gender

−331.53

671.4

4

0.00

0.40

2-Season + weight + gender

−332.47

673.3

4

1.89

0.15

3-Season + gender × weight + year

−331.51

673.6

5

2.16

0.13

4-Season + gender + weight + year

−332.35

675.3

5

3.83

0.06

  1. Models 3 and 4 are presented for comparison purposes only.