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. 2013 Feb 15;8(2):e49618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049618

Table 2. Effects influencing throughfall kinetic energy (TKE).

Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|) sig.
(Intercept) 5.919 0.206 28.678 <2e-16 ***
rainfall amount 0.801 0.196 4.078 4.54E-05 ***
weighted mean height of the vegetation −0.132 0.063 −2.104 0.035 *
biodiversity (rarefy 100) 0.127 0.064 1.968 0.049 *
coniferousness (proportion of coniferous species) −0.117 0.055 −2.127 0.033 *
LAI −0.114 0.058 −1.975 0.048 *
rainfall amount: weighted mean height 0.100 0.014 7.099 1.25E-12 ***

Results of the simplified mixed effects model. Fixed factors in the model were the predictors and their interactions as shown in the table. In addition, the two crossed random factors were position of splash cup nested in plot and rainfall event.

Signif. codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1.

(Univariate p values reported).