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Table 2 Linear mixed-effects models used to identify parameters that influenced the localization accuracy. Models were built with fixed effects alone, summed (“+”) and with interactions (“*”). The nested random effect was similar for all of the models (see “m0”). Akaike’s information criterion (AIC) was calculated to select the best statistical model, i.e. the “m2” model

From: Acoustic localization at large scales: a promising method for grey wolf monitoring

Models

Name

Fixed effects

Random effect

AIC

m0

1

(1|array) + (1|array:night) + (1|array:night:period)

600.62

m1

period

 

604.35

m2

dist

 

591.35

m3

areamic

 

602.62

m4

period+dist

 

594.98

m4.int

period*dist

 

591.70

m5

period+areamic

 

606.31

m5.int

period*areamic

 

604.10

m6

dist+areamic

 

593.26

m6.int

dist*areamic

 

594.79

mc

period+dist+areamic

 

596.95