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Table 3 Akaike weights for truncated power-laws, maximum likelihood estimates for power-law exponents and p-values quantifying the absolute goodness-of-fit of the power-law for incubating C. borealis breeding in the North Atlantic (Corvo and Berlenga). Estimates for the power-law exponents are only given when the evidence for a power-law is strong

From: Lévy patterns in seabirds are multifaceted describing both spatial and temporal patterning

Bird (individual numbered bands)

Akaike weight for a power-law;

MLE for μ;

p-value

On/In water, Flying and Diving

On/In water, Flying and Diving

On/In water, Flying and Diving

B01-1

0.81, 0.09, 0.10

1.11, -, -

0.62, 0.36, 0.41

B03

1.00, 1.00, 1.00

1.25, 1.22, 1.22

0.66, 0.87, 0.10

B04

1.00, 1.00, 1.00

1.46, 1.61, 1.30

0.72, 0.62, 0.26

B05

1.00, 1.00, 1.00

1.55, 1.34, 1.07

0.06, 0.46, 0.22

B06

1.00, 1.00, 0.06

1.74, 1.39, -

0.19, 0.01, 0.63

B07

0.06, 0.07, 0.12

-, -, -

0.03, 0.62, 0.09

B08-1

0.61, 1.00, 0.91

1.41, 1.41, 1.00

0.01, 0.31, 0.81

C01

1.00, 1.00, 1.00

1.44, 1.67, 1.11

0.85, 0.19, 0.50

C02-1

1.00, 0.00, 1.00

1.44, -, 1.31

0.49, 0.82, 0.57

C03

0.03, 1.00, 0.01

-, 1.15, 1.43

0.26, 0.12, 0.19

C04-1

1.00, 1.00, 0.42

1.45, 1.32, 0.98

0.51, 0.77, 0.69

C05

1.00, 1.00, 1.00

1.28, 1.55, 1.12

0.07, 0.55, 0.71

C06

0.88, 1.00, 0.74

1.22, 1.46, 1.09

0.53, 0.11, 0.92

C10-1

0.44, 0.54, 1.00

-, -, 1.01

0.42, 0.42, 0.15

C11

1.00, 1.00, 0.93

1.37, 1.60, 0.96

0.47, 0.38, 0.48

  1. Note that the combined Akaike weight for the alternative models (i.e., for either the exponentially-truncated power-law or the exponential being the better model of our data) is 1 – Akaike weight for a truncated power-law