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 | ||||||
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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);