Appendix 2. Model selection results (delta QAICc < 4) for the bird detection data obtained from four 10- min recordings collected by automated recording units in 2013 and 2014 at 109 stations in Hearst Forest Sustainable Forest Licence, Ontario, Canada.
Species Model K QAICc
QAICc
Akaike weight BBWA (c-
hat = 1.61)
(Spruce.cover) p(Year + Visit) 8 145.78 0 0.30
(Spruce.cover) p(.) 4 147.37 1.59 0.14
(Spruce.cover) p(Year + Visit + Method) 9 147.73 1.95 0.11 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Year + Visit) 9 147.83 2.05 0.11
(Spruce.cover) p(Method) 5 149.19 3.41 0.06
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Year + Visit) 9 149.45 3.67 0.05
BRCR (c- hat = 1.53)
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method) 6 140.90 0 0.17
(Spruce.cover) p(Method) 5 141.51 0.62 0.13
(Spruce.cover) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 6 141.92 1.02 0.10 (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 7 142.04 1.15 0.10 (Spruce.cover) p(Method + Stand.age) 6 142.43 1.54 0.08 (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Stand.age) 7 142.78 1.89 0.07 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method) 6 143.57 2.67 0.05 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 7 143.87 2.97 0.04 (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(.) 5 143.98 3.09 0.04 Appendix 3.
(Spruce.cover) p(Method + Veg.less2m + Method:Veg.less2m)
7 144.01 3.11 0.04
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Veg.less2m + Method:Veg.less2m)
8 144.16 3.27 0.03
(Spruce.cover) p(Method + Stand.age + Method:Stand.age)
7 144.36 3.47 0.03
(Spruce.cover) p(.) 4 144.65 3.75 0.03
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Stand.age + Method:Stand.age)
8 144.78 3.89 0.02
GCKI (c- hat = 1.17)
(Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age) 7 685.70 0 0.76 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age +
Method:Stand.age)
8 687.97 2.27 0.24
HETH* (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age) 6 957.65 0 0.55 (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Stand.age) 6 959.89 2.25 0.18 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age +
Method:Stand.age)
7 959.92 2.28 0.18
LISP (c- hat = 1.50)
(Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age) 7 161.48 0 0.53 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age +
Method:Stand.age)
8 162.44 0.96 0.33
MOWA* (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Stand.age + Method:Stand.age)
7 237.08 0 0.56
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Stand.age) 6 237.60 0.52 0.43
NOWA (c-hat = 1.34)
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Stand.age) 7 189.93 0 0.15 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age) 7 189.97 0.05 0.15 (Spruce.cover) p(Method + Stand.age) 6 190.52 0.60 0.11 (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Stand.age +
Method:Stand.age)
8 190.96 1.04 0.09
(Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age + Method:Stand.age)
8 191.03 1.10 0.09
(Spruce.cover) p(Method + Stand.age + Method:Stand.age)
7 191.44 1.51 0.07
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method) 6 191.61 1.69 0.07 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method) 6 191.72 1.80 0.06
(Spruce.cover) p(Method) 5 191.81 1.88 0.06
(Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 7 193.65 3.72 0.02 (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 7 193.89 3.97 0.02
RCKI (c- hat = 1.72)
(Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Year + Visit + Method) 10 606.53 0 0.63 (Spruce.cover) p(Year + Visit + Method) 9 608.27 1.73 0.26
SWTH (c- hat = 1.35)
(Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Year + Visit + Method) 10 575.84 0 0.50 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age) 7 578.21 2.38 0.15 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method) 6 578.67 2.83 0.12 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Stand.age +
Method:Stand.age)
5 579.70 3.86 0.07
YBFL (c- hat = 2.20)
(Spruce.cover) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 6 444.07 0 0.21 (Spruce.cover) p(Year + Visit + Method) 9 445.31 1.24 0.12
(Spruce.cover) p(Method) 5 445.51 1.43 0.10
(Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 7 446.06 1.98 0.08 (Spruce.cover) p(Method + Veg.less2m +
Method:Veg.less2m)
7 446.27 2.19 0.07
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method + Veg.less2m) 7 446.31 2.24 0.07 (Spruce.cover) p(Method + Stand.age) 6 446.53 2.46 0.06 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Year + Visit + Method) 10 447.33 3.25 0.04 (Veg.less4m + Veg.great4m) p(Method) 6 447.34 3.26 0.04 (Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Year + Visit +
Method)
10 447.71 3.63 0.03
(Stand.age + Canopy.diversity) p(Method) 6 447.71 3.64 0.03
*There was no evidence for overdispersion for HETH and MOWA, thus AICc was used for model selection of these species.