Deviance and ΔAIC values for the descriptive and mechanistic models of the present study, ΔAIC is defined as the difference in AIC to the preferred two path model TP4.

a

from Preston et al. [28].

b

baseline model equivalent to the three-stage model of Meza et al. [19], see SI, Table S2 and Figure S1 in File S1.

c

inspired by Nowak et al. [16], derived from Little and Li [17] (their Figure 2), see SI, Table S3 and Figure S2 in File S1.

d

Table S4 and Figure S3 in File S1.

e

preferred model of the present study.

Deviance and ΔAIC values for the descriptive and mechanistic models of the present study, ΔAIC is defined as the difference in AIC to the preferred two path model TP4.