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Journal of Animal EcologyVolume 86, Issue 2 p. 414-414 CorrigendumFree Access Corrigendum This article corrects the following: Impacts of breeder loss on social structure, reproduction and population growth in a social canid Bridget L. Borg, Scott M. Brainerd, Thomas J. Meier, Laura R. Prugh, Stan Boutin, Volume 84Issue 1Journal of Animal Ecology pages: 177-187 First Published online: July 7, 2014 First published: 18 January 2017 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12631Citations: 1AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Borg B.L., Brainerd S.M., Meier T.J. & Prugh L.R. (2015) Impacts of breeder loss on social structure, reproduction and population growth in a social canid. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84, 177-187. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12256 In the paper by Borg et al. (2015), we incorrectly interpreted a subset of our model selection results (Tables 2 and 3). Using Burnham and Anderson (2002) as a guide, we considered those models within <2 AIC values of the top ranked model as competitive (page 180). However, two models included in the top model set (PP+ Sex+Mort, PP+Sex+Season in Table 2) differed by only one parameter from the top model (PP+Sex) and had similar maximized log-likelihood values as the top model. These more complex models were not in fact supported by the data but were close in AIC values due to the addition of an uninformative parameter (Burnham and Anderson 2002; Arnold 2010). This mistake is often made when interpreting model selection results of this type (Arnold 2010). Thus, the effect of the cause of mortality (i.e., harvest) and season of breeder loss on pack maintenance were not supported by the data and their effects should not have been interpreted. Due to the potentially sensitive topic of interpreting the effects of harvest on a species it is important to address this correction. This correction does not alter the interpretation of the effect of sex of the breeder loss or pack size prior to loss on the probability of pack maintenance. Additionally, other analyses and interpretations in the paper remain unchanged. References Arnold, T.W. (2010) Criterion uninformative parameters and model selection using Akaike's information criterion. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 74, 1175– 1178. Borg, B.L., Brainerd, S.M., Meier, T.J. & Prugh, L.R. (2015) Impacts of breeder loss on social structure, reproduction and population growth in a social canid. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84, 177– 187. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12256. Burnham, K.P. & Anderson, D.R. (2002) Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical Information-Theoretic Approach, 2nd edn. Springer Verlag, New York, NY, USA. Citing Literature Volume86, Issue2March 2017Pages 414-414 ReferencesRelatedInformation