Summary of the step-down model selection procedure for the capture-recapture analysis that investigated the influence of time, sex, parental state, and individual category on the transition probabilities between male parental states, as well as their influence on apparent survival and recapture pro

NOTE. - Models are ranked by increasing order of their small-sample size and ĉ adjusted Akaike Information Criterion (QAICc) for ĉ = 1.1036. The best models in each stage are indicated in bold. ‘ΔQAICc’ is the difference between the QAICc value of model i and the QAICc value of the most parsimonious model; ‘K is the number of estimable parameters in the model i; ‘Weight’ is the Akaike weight of model i; ‘initial state’ represents the status individuals were classified at the ith month. ‘Individual category’ is a three-level classification factor for females (♀), caring (♂C) and non-caring males (♂NC); ‘parental state’ is a two-level a classification factor for caring and males and non-caring individuals (♀ and ♂NC); ‘sex’ is a two-level classification factor for females and males (♀ and ♂); ‘+’ represents the additive effects.