Comparison of models with different treatment effects using information-theoretic model selection procedures of candidate models with different fixed effects.

We assessed the hypotheses that predator size class (“exclosure”) influences con/hetero-specific (“seed identity”) seed survival differently ΔAICc show the change in AICc compared to the best model. Models within 2 ΔAICc units have equivalent empirical support, those within 4 have a lot of empirical support [52]. The models are ordered according to ΔAICc.