Model selection results from analyses of hatch success of hawksbill sea turtles nesting on Long Island, Antigua, West Indies during the nesting seasons from 2003–2008.

aExplanations for abbreviations can be found in Table 1.bNumber of parameters.cChange in Akaike’s Information Criterion.dRelative likelihood of model (i) based on AIC value.*All other models were more than 2 AICc greater than the best supported model.Potential covariates in the explanatory model set included all variables listed in Tab 1. The predictive model set did not include categorical terms for nesting-season year (YEAR) and beach section (BeachSec). Models were fit using maximum likelihood and ranked according to differences in Akaike’s information criteria (ΔAICc).