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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: Ecosphere. 2017;8(6):e01854. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1854

Table 5.

Regression results of models employing different error structures.

Variables No spatial or temporal random errors Spatial model Temporal model Spatiotemporal model
SepCt 0.18 (0.12:0.23) 0.24 (0.11:0.38) 0.27 (0.17:0.36) 0.25 (0.10:0.41)
NDVI −0.19 −0.25:−0.13) −0.05 (−0.24:0.14) −0.31 (−0.41:−0.20) −0.12 (−0.32:0.09)
OpWat −0.23 (−0.29:−0.18) −0.84 (−1.17:−0.52) −1.33 (−1.59:−1.09) −0.88 (−1.24:−0.54)
DevLow −0.02 (−0.07:0.03) −0.07 (−0.25:0.10) 0.25 (0.13:0.36) −0.08 (−0.29:0.11)
WWet 0.01 (−0.05:0.05) −0.20 (−0.34:−0.06) 0.05 (−0.05:0.14) −0.14 (−0.30:0.00)
EHWet −0.07 (−0.12:−0.02) −0.03 (−0.19:0.13) −0.39 (−0.54:−0.24) −0.02 (−0.19:0.15)
Prcp 0.03 (−0.01:0.07) 0.14 (0.08:0.21) 0.11 (0.04:0.18) 0.10 (0.02:0.17)
PrcpL1 −0.09 (−0.13:−0.04) −0.10 (−0.19:−0.02) −0.12 (−0.21:−0.04) −0.11 (−0.20:−0.03)
PrcpL2 −0.05 (−0.09:−0.01) 0.06 (−0.02:0.14) −0.05 (−0.13:0.03) −0.06 (−0.14:0.02)
Tavg −0.01 (−0.07:0.04) −0.14 (−0.25:−0.04) 0.11 (−0.04:0.25) 0.08 (−0.07:0.23)
TavgL1 0.10 (0.03:0.17) 0.25 (0.13:0.37) 0.17 (0.02:0.32) 0.14 (−0.01:0.28)
TavgL2 0.24 (0.19:0.30) 0.78 (0.68:0.89) 0.36 (0.21:0.50) 0.29 (0.15:0.44)
Parameter
 Overdispersion 0.50 (0.06:0.94) 0.50 (0.04:0.96) 0.50 (0.04:0.96) 0.50 (0.04:0.96)
σs2 3.49 (1.25:8.50) 1.22 (0.38:3.14)
r 191 (112:326) 79 (31:183)
 φ (AR1) 0.98 (0.94:0.99) 0.98 (0.94:0.99)
 Effective no. parameters 12 (0.00) 25.31 (3.13) 25.56 (1.01) 46.28 (4.12)
 DIC 12345.09 5019.51 4803.39 4615.77

Notes: Error is expressed as either 95% credible interval or SD. AR1, autoregressive process; DIC, deviance information criterion; NDVI, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; SD, standard deviation.