Research Article
Modeling the Influence of Forest Structure on Microsite Habitat Use by Snowshoe Hares
Table 2
Akaike’s Information Criterion adjusted for small sample size (AICc) for the a priori set of candidate models considered to examine the influence of stem cover units (SCU = 3 × coniferous saplings + deciduous saplings/ha), percent overhead canopy closure (CC), basal area (m2/ha) of snags and deciduous and coniferous trees (BA), and percent understory lateral foliage density (ULFD) on snowshoe hare pellet density (pellets/ha/month) within 25 microsite plots during winters 1996 and 1998, north-central Maine.
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SCU: positive effect on snowshoe hare pellet density; CC: negative effect; BA: negative effect; ULFD: positive effect. K: number of estimable parameters. Log (L): log-likelihood = (Burnham and Anderson 2002 [47]). : Akaike weight. |