Table 5: Results of Akaike's information criterion (AIC), detection function [f(0)], probability of detection (p), and percent coefficient of variation (%CV) for Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) detected in control and disturbed agricultural conservation buffers at a privately-owned farm in northeast Mississippi, USA, 2007–2009.

Disturbance Key Function Adjustment AIC f(0) p %CV
Control Uniform Cosine 402.09 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.00 0.00
Half-normal Cosine 404.09 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.09 8.89
Half-normal Simple polynomial 404.09 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.09 8.89
First growing season post-burn Uniform Cosine 46.14 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.00 0.00
Half-normal Cosine 48.14 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.26 26.24
Half-normal Simple polynomial 48.14 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.26 26.24
Second growing season post-burn Uniform Cosine 13.18 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.00 0.00
Half-normal Cosine 13.24 1.22E-02 0.55 ± 0.20 35.97
Half-normal Simple polynomial 13.24 1.22E-02 0.55 ± 0.20 35.97
First growing season post-disk Uniform Cosine 24.17 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.00 0.00
Half-normal Cosine 26.17 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.36 36.26
Half-normal Simple polynomial 26.17 6.67E-02 1.00 ± 0.36 36.26
Second growing season post-disk* Uniform Cosine 4.98 1.33E-01 0.50 ± 0.12 24.03
Half-normal Cosine 2.00 5.33 0.01 ± 1.25 9999.99
Half-normal Simple polynomial 2.00 5.33 0.01 ± 1.25 9999.99

*Number of observations was too small to expect accurate results.