Table S2.
Parameter estimates for the fixed effects in the full generalized linear mixed effects model used to describe trends in frog populations during 1993–2012
Fixed effect | Estimate | SE | Lower 95% CI* | Upper 95% CI* |
Intercept | −6.562 | 0.534 | −7.662 | −5.563 |
Year† | 0.101 | 0.027 | 0.049 | 0.155 |
Day† | 0.091 | 0.041 | 0.011 | 0.172 |
Fish† | 0.281 | 0.136 | 0.016 | 0.549 |
Water depth† | −3.782 | 0.649 | −5.102 | −2.553 |
Elevation† | 0.597 | 0.105 | 0.390 | 0.803 |
Watershed† | 0.560 | 0.291 | 0.002 | 1.146 |
Precipitation | 0.344 | 0.696 | −1.020 | 1.717 |
Fish × year† | 0.111 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 0.187 |
Depth × year | −0.005 | 0.006 | −0.018 | 0.007 |
Elevation × year | −0.004 | 0.020 | −0.044 | 0.036 |
Watershed × year | −0.029 | 0.045 | −0.118 | 0.059 |
The importance of predictor variables in affecting frog abundance is determined based on whether 95% CIs include zero.
The 95% CIs of variables with important effects do not include zero.