Supplementary Table 1

DIC Model selection, corresponding to the manuscript "Orphaning stunts growth in wild African elephants" (currently under review). Ordered from top to bottom first by lowest penalized deviance score, then by lowest mean deviance score, then by lowest penalty. The variables are r = full-grown relative’s height, b = rainfall in month prior to birth and first three years of life, o = orphan status, t = years since mother’s death at time of measure, f = number of multiparous females in core group, and m = number of age mates in core group.