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Clarification of lme random effects syntax

AvianResearchDivision <segerfan83 at ...> writes:
A and B are identical.  So are C and D.

You could do a likelihood ratio test or use AIC to try to decide
whether to incorporate a correlation between intercept and slope
across individuals, with the usual caveats (neither approach
accounts for finite-size effects, nor boundary effects: see
http://glmm.wikidot.com/faq ).