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Table 1 Model selection for characteristics of clustering behaviour in M. myotis, where the null model is that of the Eq. 2

From: Bat population recoveries give insight into clustering strategies during hibernation

Response variable

Final model

AIC0

AIC1

ΔAIC

Proportion of bats in warm corridors

→1+log10n

-37.48

-45.83

8.35

Proportion of solitary bats

→1

-102.01

-111.38

9.37

Number of clusters on log10 scale

→1+log10n

-67.77

-75.09

7.32

Mean number of bats per cluster

→1+log10n

118.02

110.67

7.35

Standard deviation of mean cluster size

→1+log10n

180.75

173.26

7.49