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. 2023 Jul 14;13:11395. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38195-6

Table 2.

Change in the number of cryo-, meso- and thermophilic bryophyte and vascular plant species in colline, montane, subalpine and alpine plant communities in Switzerland between 2001 and 2021 (number of species models).

Bryophytes Vascular plants
Estimates SE p Estimates SE p
Colline
 Cryophilic species −0.092 0.216 0.671 −0.007 0.257 0.979
 Mesophilic species 0.095 0.038 0.012 0.030 0.031 0.333
 Thermophilic species 0.262 0.001  < 0.001 0.047 0.035 0.176
Montane
 Cryophilic species 0.012 0.062 0.846 −0.069 0.050 0.171
 Mesophilic species 0.037 0.015 0.010 0.010 0.012 0.429
 Thermophilic species 0.198 0.041  < 0.001 0.057 0.023 0.016
Subalpine
 Cryophilic species 0.015 0.032 0.633 −0.028 0.020 0.156
 Mesophilic species 0.047 0.018 0.009 0.049 0.017 0.003
 Thermophilic species 0.140 0.098 0.152 0.046 0.053 0.383
Alpine
 Cryophilic species 0.025 0.021 0.248 0.051 0.011  < 0.001
 Mesophilic species 0.091 0.028 0.001 0.090 0.036 0.012
 Thermophilic species 0.105 0.119 0.377 0.245 0.001  < 0.001
Entire elevational gradient
 Cryophilic species 0.022 0.017 0.206 0.028 0.010 0.004
 Mesophilic species 0.051 0.010  < 0.001 0.028 0.009 0.002
 Thermophilic species 0.198 0.032  < 0.001 0.057 0.018 0.001

Trends significant at the p ≤ 0.05 level are displayed in bold.