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. 2015 Sep 29;3:e1241. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1241

Table 1. Variables retained, adjusted R-squared, and significance values from the forward-selected models examining the effect of environmental factors on alpha- and beta-level taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity.

The directions of the significant relationships are depicted in brackets.

Alpha diversity Beta diversity
Taxonomic diversity Phylogenetic diversity Functional diversity Taxonomic diversity Phylogenetic diversity Functional diversity
Mean annual temperature (+) 0.06*** (+) 0.15 *** (+) 0.18 *** (+) 0.35 *** (+) 0.24*** (+) 0.35 ***
Temperature amplitude (+) 0.01 * (+) 0.09 *** (+) 0.03 *** (+) 0.02 *** (+) 0.07 ***
Annual precipitation (−) 0.01 * (+) 0.01 *** (+) 0.005 *
Precipitation seasonality (−) 0.02 ** (+) 0.06 *** (+) 0.01 ** (+) 0.02 ***
Land-use diversity index (+) 0.01 **
Anthropogenic disturbance index (−) 0.06*** (−) 0.02 ** (−) 0.02 ** (+) 0.02 *** (+) 0.01 ** (+) 0.005 *
Full-model adjusted R2 0.15 0.17 0.29 0.47 0.28 0.45

Notes.

*

P < 0.05.

**

p < 0.01.

***

p < 0.001.