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. 2017 Mar 16;12(3):e0174049. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174049

Table 2. Parameter (Slope) estimates of explanatory variables from the GLMs on the abundance of groups of vertebrates in the eastern Brazilian Amazon.

All frugivoresa Small frugivoresb Medium frugivoresc Large frugivoresd Very large frugivorese
Slope (SE)f t value Slope (SE)f t value Slope (SE)f t value Slope (SE)f t value Slope (SE)f t value
Intercept 1.828 (0.751) 2.43* 0.871 (1.540) 0.57 -0.020 (0.624) -0.03 -2.740 (2.039) -1.34 1.390 (1.125) 1.24
Altitude 0.059 (0.166) 0.35 -0.097 (0.382) -0.25 -0.233 (0.144) -1.61 -1.145 (0.488) -2.35* 0.665 (0.265) 2.51*
Distance to large rivers 0.119 (0.186) 0.64 0.255 (0.405) 0.63 -0.125 (0.132) -0.95 -0.052 (0.378) -0.14 0.243 (0.316) 0.77
Distance to nearest water -0.301 (0.208) -1.45 -0.486 (0.528) -0.92 -0.481 (0.192) -2.51* -2.459 (0.906) -2.72* 0.400 (0.294) 1.36
Fruit (presence vs absence) 0.321 (0.754) 0.43 -0.906 (1.530) -0.59 0.727 (0.611) 1.19 -0.311 (1.756) -0.18 -0.248 (1.171) -0.21
Distance to nearest water X Fruit (presence vs absence) 0.209 (1.071) 0.20 -0.428 (2.343) -0.18 1.649 (0.843) 1.96 3.058 (3.189) 0.96 -1.420 (1.593) -0.89
Model deviance explained (%)g 13.90 9.90 29.50 48.80 29.20
Model AICh 198.77 105.90 125.65* 71.88*** 149.14

Significance values:

p<0.10,

*p <0.05,

***p<0.001.

a Includes relative abundances of all frugivores recorded in the study area;

b Includes relative abundances of only small frugivores (< 1 kg);

c Includes relative abundances of only medium frugivores (1–5 kg);

d Includes relative abundances of only large frugivores (5–15 kg);

e Includes relative abundances of only very large frugivores (> 15 kg);

f Slope for variables and Standard Error (SE);

g Percentage of Deviance Explained for each model (%);

h Akaike Information Criterion value for each model (AIC);