Table 3. Relationships between abundance (response variable) and a number of ecological, demographic, life history and genetic parameters of European breeding bird species according to phylogenetic generalized least square regression models.
| Parameter | Estimate (SE) | t | N | λ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coloniality | 0.006 (0.134) | 0.04 | 227 | 0.752 |
| Water habitat | -0.386 (0.096) | -4.01*** | 227 | 0.692 |
| Urbanisation | 0.756 (0.097) | 7.79*** | 227 | 0.811 |
| W. Palearctic range | 0.209 (0.029) | 7.28*** | 227 | 0.780 |
| Total range | 0.070 (0.020) | 3.53*** | 227 | 0.797 |
| No. subspecies a | 0.232 (0.140) | 1.66 | 227 | 0.774 |
| Parasitism | 0.170 (0.022) | 7.70*** | 187 | 0.799 |
| Distance to mainland | 0.415 (0.100) | 4.17*** | 153 | 0.748 |
| Heterogeneity distrib. | -1.952 (0.235) | -8.31*** | 138 | 0.685 |
| Natal dispersal | -0.608 (0.155) | -3.93*** | 69 | 0.819 |
| Polymorphic loci | 0.343 (1.225) | 0.28 | 39 | 0.705 |
Phylogenetic relations among species were controlled in the analyses (see Statistical analysis for details).
*** P < 0.001.
a Total breeding range was also included in the model.