Mosquito blood-feeding patterns and nesting behavior of American crows, an amplifying host of West Nile virus

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Crow blood meal likelihood model comparison

Model	K	ΔAIC_c	W_i	Log likelihood
~ Active nest < 10 m + day of year	4	0.00	0.77	− 49.46
~ Active nest < 50 m + day of year	4	2.59	0.21	− 50.76
~ Active nest < 100 m + day of year	4	8.83	0.01	− 53.88
~ Day of year	3	9.29	0.01	− 55.14
~ Intercept only	2	28.13	0.00	− 65.57

Likelihood estimates of crow blood meals as a function of date and proximity to active crow nests. Each model included a random effect for bucket identity
K number of parameters, ΔAIC_c delta AIC_c, w_i cumulative model weight, LL log likelihood

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