Table 2. Relationships between edaphic variables and Chao1 richness estimates.

Measures	Soil Moisture	SOM	pH	NH4	SO4
Average Local Effect	15.2 (12.3)	−44.5 (20.4)	13.0 (30.8)	15.0 (6.34)*	−11.6 (8.63)
Local Contextual Effect (SD)	29.6*	MNS	64.2*	24.2*	19.5*
Regional Effect	−10.7 (44.3)	168 (42.0)*	101 (42.0)*	29.5 (38.2)	31.8 (33.2)
Intercept	174 (29.5)	169 (17.9)	176 (19.4)	173 (27.4)	179 (33.2)
SD of Rand. Intercept	84.0*	49.6*	48.4*	74.7*	96.3*
SD of Residual	62.5	66.7	65.2	61.9	61.3

Significance at P<0.05 (or P<0.10 for local contextual effects) is indicated by *, MNS indicates the model was not significant.