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. 2020 Jan 28;10(3):1193–1208. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5967

Table 1.

Effects of regenerating stand structure on bird communities across stand phases and within late stand initiation. Significant correlations in bold. Positive correlations are denoted by plus signs in dark shading and negative correlations by minus signs in light shading. Where the model is quadratic, an “I” value is present. For these models, the degrees of freedom are 2 and 25

(a) All
Percent canopy cover – 18%–98% Sapling median height – 0–5 m
  I β F 1,26 r 2 p   β F 1,26 r 2 p
Total bird abundance −0.007 0.653 11.6 .48 3E‐04 −6.521 11.22 .301 .002
Bird species richness   −0.085 6.37 .20 .018 −2.111 8.90 .255 .006
Chao richness estimator     −0.042 0.40 .01 .532   −2.358 2.89 .100 .101
Shannon diversity     −0.003 3.85 .13 .060 −0.062 4.60 .150 .041
Shannon evenness     0.000 0.90 .03 .350   0.004 1.85 .066 .185
Shrub‐nesting bird abundance −0.008 0.711 17.93 .59 1E‐05 −4.927 6.86 .209 .014
Forest ground‐nesting bird abundance +   0.094 8.10 .24 .008   0.947 1.41 .051 .246
Tree‐nesting bird abundance     −0.072 4.07 .13 .054   −0.796 0.95 .035 .337
Foliage‐gleaning bird abundance −0.005 0.360 28.12 .69 4E‐07 −3.880 6.83 .208 .015
Ground‐foraging bird abundance     0.019 0.20 .01 .660   −1.586 3.33 .114 .079
Shrub cover – 0%–82% Ground cover diversity – 0.80–1.75
  I β F 1,26 r 2 p   β F 1,26 r 2 p
Total bird abundance ± −0.008 0.734 3.77 .23 .037 + 32.967 13.53 .342 .001
Bird species richness ± −0.003 0.213 3.76 .23 .037 + 11.484 13.13 .335 .001
Chao richness estimator     −0.007 0.019 .00 .892 + 14.643 5.39 .172 .028
Shannon diversity ± ‐1E‐4 0.008 5.98 .32 .007 + 0.421 11.80 .312 .002
Shannon evenness   ‐3E‐04 6.54 .20 .017   0.005 0.15 .006 .705
Shrub‐nesting bird abundance ± −0.008 0.763 8.65 .41 .001 + 37.200 29.23 .529 1E‐05
Forest ground‐nesting bird abundance     −0.037 1.54 .06 .225 −11.590 13.48 .341 .001
Tree‐nesting bird abundance     −0.040 1.83 .06 .187   1.664 0.18 .007 .675
Foliage‐gleaning bird abundance     0.093 1.92 .07 .178 + 19.353 7.77 .230 .010
Ground‐foraging bird abundance     0.016 0.23 .01 .644   8.339 4.21 .139 .051
(b) Late initiation
Percent canopy cover – 18%–98% Median height – 0–3.5 m
  β F 1,26 r 2 p   β F 1,26 r 2 p
Total bird abundance   −0.263 2.86 .26 .129 −6.270 6.08 .43 .039
Bird species richness   −0.032 0.16 .02 .696   −2.090 2.51 .24 .151
Chao richness estimator   0.033 0.04 .01 .848   −3.067 1.09 .12 .326
Shannon diversity   ‐8E‐04 0.06 .01 .812   −0.052 0.85 .10 .383
Shannon evenness   1E‐04 0.19 .02 .676   0.007 1.74 .18 .224
Shrub‐nesting bird abundance −0.247 13.53 .63 .006   −1.854 0.91 .10 .367
Forest ground‐nesting bird abundance   0.028 0.62 .07 .453   −0.618 0.87 .09 .377
Tree‐nesting bird abundance −0.174 5.52 .41 .047   −1.000 0.32 .04 .585
Cavity‐nesting bird abundance   0.134 2.00 .20 .194   −2.663 2.38 .23 .162
Foliage‐gleaning bird abundance   −0.259 4.62 .37 .064   −1.236 0.19 .02 .669
Ground‐foraging bird abundance   0.093 0.91 .10 .367   −3.079 3.78 .32 .088
Shrub cover – 17%–82% Ground cover diversity – 0.80–1.75
  β F 1,26 r 2 p   β F 1,26 r 2 p
Total bird abundance   0.019 0.01 .00 .894   14.178 0.26 .03 .621
Bird species richness   −0.085 2.56 .24 .148   16.083 2.07 .20 .188
Chao richness estimator   −0.105 0.75 .08 .410   38.336 3.00 .27 .121
Shannon diversity 0.005 8.05 .50 .022   0.649 2.28 .22 .170
Shannon evenness ‐5E‐04 15.85 .66 .004   0.018 0.14 .02 .713
Shrub‐nesting bird abundance   0.105 2.05 .20 .190   −1.657 0.01 .00 .925
Forest ground‐nesting bird abundance   −0.005 0.03 .04 .868   −6.808 1.68 .17 .231
Tree‐nesting bird abundance   −0.033 0.22 .03 .655   1.664 0.01 .00 .915
Cavity‐nesting bird abundance   −0.048 0.39 .05 .549   19.727 1.78 .18 .219
Foliage‐gleaning bird abundance   0.101 0.88 .10 .380   −21.440 0.93 .10 .362
Ground‐foraging bird abundance   −0.023 0.09 .01 .776 + 30.181 6.46 .45 .035