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

Table 4 Model selection results for canyon towhees

Model description	K	AICc	ΔAICc	wi
H_q	4	186.88804	0	0.29269872
Proximity	3	187.564094	0.67605451	0.20874565
H_q + SMI + H_q*SMI	7	187.634857	0.74681754	0.20148905
proximity + SMI + proximity*SMI	5	187.7993	0.9112604	0.18558511
Null	2	190.204905	3.31686525	0.11148147

Comparison of six a priori models of parasitemia in canyon towhees from shrubland sites of different habitat quality at the “Ixtlera” region of northern of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Abbreviations as in Table 2
* Indicates interaction term

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