Erratum to: AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: Some background, observations, and comparisons(Behav Ecol Sociobiol, 10.1007/s00265-010-1029-6);AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: Some background, observations, and comparisons

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-35

  Burnham, Kenneth P ^a   Anderson, David R ^a   Huyvaert, Kathryn P ^b  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Evidence; Kullback Leibler information; Model averaging; Model likelihoods; Model probabilities; Model selection; Multimodel inference

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MODEL TEST; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78650752639     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1084-z     Document Type: Erratum

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