Table S2.
Scores of selected variables on the first axis of CCA
| Vegetation types | Scores |
| Species | |
| Spiny | +0.31 |
| Non spiny | −0.05 |
| Variables selected | |
| Evergreen forest | −0.68 |
| Forest grassland | −0.42 |
| Mangrove forest | −0.11 |
| Caesalpinioid savanna | −0.05 |
| Coastal mosaic | −0.05 |
| Fynbos | −0.01 |
| Succulent Karoo | +0.02 |
| Halophytic | +0.09 |
| Desert | +0.12 |
| Grassland shrubland | +0.23 |
| Savanna shrubland | +0.25 |
| Shrubland | +0.27 |
| Mixed savanna | +0.72 |
| Variables not selected | |
| Primary grassland | — |
| Deciduous thicket | — |
| Abiotic factors | |
| Species | |
| Spiny | +0.30 |
| Non spiny | −0.05 |
| Variables selected | |
| MAP | −0.87 |
| MAT | −0.25 |
| Burn % | −0.14 |
| Nutrient | +0.22 |
| Herbivores | |
| Species | |
| Spiny | +0.33 |
| Non spiny | −0.05 |
| Variables selected | |
| SNSBr | −0.83 |
| WDGr | +0.01 |
| Total | +0.29 |
| LBr | +0.55 |
| MSMix | +0.68 |
| Variables not selected | |
| Nrum | — |
Stepwise selection by permutation was applied on variables from each dataset separately using a stopping criterion of 0.05 (68). Number of sites: 1,500. Number of species: 1,800. Burn %, percentage burnt annually; LBr, large browser in biomass per surface area; MAP, mean annual precipitation; MAT, mean annual temperature; MSMix, medium-sized social mixed feeders in biomass per surface area; NRum, nonruminants in biomass per surface area; nutrient, −(soil nutrient availability index); SNSBr, small nonsocial browser in biomass per surface area; total, total biomass of mammalian herbivores in biomass per surface area; WDBr, water-dependant grazer in biomass per surface area.