Summary of a Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) model selection analysis estimating forage biomass in Boyes and Davison meadow complexes from 2005 to 2017.

Presented for each linear mixed effects model is the number of parameters estimated (K), log-likelihood (LL), delta (Δ), or difference in BIC between a model and the model with the smallest BIC, and the marginal and conditional values. Year was a categorical predictor and year linear estimated a linear trend across years. Years when groups were sexually segregated or comprised of randomly associated females and males was labeled group seg.