Appendix 2: Test statistics, P values, and inferences for hypothesis tests involving the three alternative predator-dependent models. The hypothesis tests for distinguishing among the alternative predator-dependent models are of the form H_i: f_i is the better model vs. H_j: f_j is the better model (H2 = Holling Type II model, BD = Beddington-DeAngelis model, CM = Crowley-Martin model, HV = Hassell-Varley model).
 

Data Set	Test Hi vs. Hj					Inference
Instantaneous Feeding Rates
1	H2 vs. H3		4.53	0.329	0.127	BD or CM
	H2 vs. H4		0	0.348	0.620	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		-4.52	0.137	0.294	CM or HV
2	H2 vs. H3		0.509	0.040	0.024	BD or CM
	H2 vs. H4		1.98	0.921	0.021	BD
	H3 vs. H4		1.47	0.049	0.046	CM or HV
3	H2 vs. H3		-8.81	0.001	0.595	CM
	H2 vs. H4		0.053	0.592	0.408	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		8.86	0.997	0.003	CM
4	H2 vs. H3		-0.790	0.144	0.748	BD or CM
	H2 vs. H4		0.877	0.846	0.096	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		1.67	0.789	0.067	CM or HV
5	H2 vs. H3		0	0.500	0.485	H2
	H2 vs. H4		0	0.583	0.427	H2
	H3 vs. H4		0	0.605	0.400	H2
Integrated Feeding Rates
6	H2 vs. H3		17.28	0.109	<0.001	BD
	H2 vs. H4		4.13	0.227	0.016	BD
	H3 vs. H4		-13.15	<0.001	<0.001	CM or HV
7	H2 vs. H3		-42.43	<0.001	0.411	CM
	H2 vs. H4		4.35	0.396	0.020	BD
	H3 vs. H4		46.77	0.272	<0.001	CM
8	H2 vs. H3		3.50	0.851	0.009	BD
	H2 vs. H4		-0.139	0.359	0.659	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		-3.64	0.005	0.815	HV
9	H2 vs. H3		19.65	0.099	<0.001	BD
	H2 vs. H4		0.585	0.334	0.186	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		-19.07	<0.001	0.034	CM or HV
10	H2 vs. H3		-2.01	0.096	0.574	BD or CM
	H2 vs. H4		-1.31	0.136	0.655	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		0.694	0.721	0.178	CM or HV
11	H2 vs. H3		-21.57	<0.001	0.094	CM
	H2 vs. H4		2.12	0.927	0.018	BD
	H3 vs. H4		23.69	0.101	<0.001	CM
12	H2 vs. H3		12.30	0.913	<0.001	BD
	H2 vs. H4		-4.25	0.005	0.936	HV
	H3 vs. H4		-16.55	<0.001	0.94	HV
13	H2 vs. H3		5.50	0.711	0.013	BD
	H2 vs. H4		-1.14	0.118	0.679	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		-6.63	<0.001	0.652	HV
14	H2 vs. H3		6.79	0.824	0.001	BD
	H2 vs. H4		2.83	0.922	0.013	BD
	H3 vs. H4		-3.95	0.018	0.597	HV
15	H2 vs. H3		13.94	0.538	0.001	BD
	H2 vs. H4		0	0.519	0.505	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		-13.94	<0.001	0.504	HV
16	H2 vs. H3		1.97	0.592	0.111	BD or CM
	H2 vs. H4		-1.33	0.024	0.947	HV
	H3 vs. H4		-3.31	0.046	0.706	HV
17	H2 vs. H3		0.009	0.575	0.408	BD or CM
	H2 vs. H4		0.271	0.544	0.358	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		0.262	0.560	0.352	CM or HV
18	H2 vs. H3		7.69	0.927	<0.001	BD
	H2 vs. H4		0.149	0.775	0.276	BD or HV
	H3 vs. H4		-7.54	<0.001	0.907	HV
19	H2 vs. H3		5.62	0.515	0.014	BD
	H2 vs. H4		-1.26	0.039	0.897	HV
	H3 vs. H4		-6.88	0.009	0.592	HV