Table 2. Best models (in bold) for explaining the relationships between diversity measures of dung beetle groups and the forest amount at the landscape scale.

Species group	Diversity model	ΔAICc	K	wi	Abundance model	ΔAICc	K	wi
Forest species	Alpha
	GLM	0.0	3	0.45	NULL	0.0	2	0.82
	NULL	0.9	2	0.29	GLM	3.0	3	0.18
	LOG	1.1	4	0.26	LOG	2541.4	4	<0.001
	Gamma
	GLM	0.0	3	0.54
	LOG	0.7	4	0.38
	NULL	3.7	2	0.08
Generalist species	Alpha
	NULL	0.0	2	0.46	BELL	0.0	4	1
	BELL	0.0	4	0.46	NULL	25.4	2	<0.001
	GLM	3.8	3	0.07	GLM	28.0	3	<0.001
	LOG	7.8	4	0.01	LOG	74.7	4	<0.001
	Gamma
	NULL	0.0	2	0.49
	BELL	0.3	4	0.41
	GLM	3.8	3	0.07
	LOG	5.6	4	0.03
Open-area species	Alpha
	NULL	0.0	2	0.58	NULL	0.0	2	0.78
	GLM	0.9	3	0.37	GLM	2.6	3	0.22
	LOG	4.9	4	0.05	LOG	22.3	4	<0.001
	Gamma
	NULL	0.0	2	0.83
	GLM	3.3	3	0.16
	LOG	9.0	4	0.01