Table 2.
Effect of patch size, habitat quality, and isolation on species richness and abundance of red-listed species and functional groups of oak-associated beetles in hollow oaks
Patch size |
Habitat quality |
Isolation | |||
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Circum. | Dead branches | Tree form | Openness | high versus low | |
high/inter. versus low | low/inter. versus high | tree/shrub versus open | |||
Species richness | |||||
Red-listed species | (+)a | ||||
All oak species | + | ||||
Trophic level | |||||
Xylophage | (+)a | + | |||
Xylomycetophage | (+)a | (−)a | |||
Fungivore | + | ||||
Predator | + | ||||
Mixed feeding | |||||
Oak association | |||||
Specialist | |||||
Oak semi-specialist | + | ||||
Generalist | + | ||||
Abundance | |||||
Red-listed individuals | + | ||||
All oak individuals | (+)b | + | (−)b | ||
Trophic level | |||||
Xylophage | + | + | + | ||
Xylomycetophage | + | + | + | – | – |
Fungivore | + | (+)a | |||
Predator | + | ||||
Mixed feeding | + | ||||
Oak association | |||||
Specialist | + | ||||
Oak semi-specialist | + | – | |||
Generalist | + | (+)a | (-)b |
Optimal models of GLMMs were used for species richness and LMMs for log-transformed abundance data. The optimal models were found by backward elimination using the drop1 function in R and AIC as selection criterion. For species, UTM coordinates were used as random effect and entomological region was used as random effect in the LMMs for log-transformed abundance. Only the strongest trend is shown for variables with several levels. Significant effects (P < 0.05) are indicated with a + or − only, whereas the nonsignificant variables (P > 0.05) kept in the optimal models are shown in brackets. For full details, see Supplementary Tables 2 and 3. Explanation: Circum, circumference; Inter., intermediate; a0.1 > P > 0.05; b0.15 > P > 0.1.