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. 2016 Jul 5;4:e2173. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2173

Table 1. The results of analysis of generalized linear models (GLMs) for the proportion of (A) conservation and (B) ecology articles among all scientific publications.

Full model Best model
Coefficient SE t value p value Coefficient SE t value p value
(A) GLM for conservation articles
(Intercept) −2.3981 0.3754 −6.387 <0.001 −2.231 0.189 −11.793 <0.001
Number of endangered species –0.2160 0.2300 –0.939 0.3505 0.176 0.046 3.862 <0.001
Proportion of endangered species 0.2600 0.1597 1.628 0.1075
Proportion of endangered species protection 0.0020 0.0009 2.374 0.02 0.003 0.001 3.358 0.00117
Terrestrial protected area 0.0324 0.1072 0.303 0.763
Country area –0.0045 0.0497 –0.091 0.9275
Forest area 0.1373 0.0712 1.929 0.0573 0.155 0.061 2.543 0.0128
Research expenditure 0.0283 0.0357 0.792 0.4307
GDP per capita 0.1348 0.0740 1.822 0.0723 0.167 0.040 4.152 <0.001
Number of Population 0.0429 0.0525 0.817 0.4166
Mean latitude of country 0.0017 0.0034 0.509 0.6122
Pseudo R2 (McFadden) 0.497 0.468
Pseudo R2 (Nagelkerke) 0.517 0.488
AIC 32.56 18.35
(B) GLM for ecological articles
(Intercept) –1.211 0.206 –5.883 <0.001 −1.179 0.122 −9.689 <0.001
Number of endangered species 0.185 0.089 2.068 0.042 0.176 0.044 4.017 <0.001
Proportion of endangered species –0.193 0.129 –1.491 0.140 −0.215 0.098 −2.195 0.031
Proportion of endangered species protection 0.002 0.000 4.185 <0.001 0.002 0.000 4.749 <0.001
Terrestrial protected area 0.066 0.058 1.140 0.258
Country area 0.036 0.027 1.305 0.196
Forest area –0.003 0.038 –0.068 0.946
Research expenditure 0.029 0.020 1.461 0.148 0.031 0.019 1.669 0.099
GDP per capita 0.078 0.040 1.946 0.055 0.099 0.034 2.915 0.005
Number of population –0.033 0.029 –1.127 0.263
Mean latitude of country 0.001 0.002 0.642 0.523
Pseudo R2 (McFadden) 0.555 0.536
Pseudo R2 (Nagelkerke) 0.565 0.546
AIC 28.54 16.34

Notes.

SE
Standard error