Ecological Archives E092-120-A2

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Appendix B. A figure showing two-dimensional profile likelihoods of ω and θ.

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   FIG. B1. Two-dimensional profile likelihoods of ω and θ. The contours are chosen such that they correspond to confidence regions (CR), assuming that the change in deviance follows a χ²-distibution with two degrees of freedom. The maximum-likelihood parameter combination is marked with a cross.


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