Table 3.

Estimate, unconditional standard errors (SE), and 95% confidence interval (CI) of each variable determined by model averaging in shaping the elevational richness pattern for the total species, large‐ranged species, and small‐ranged species in Yulong Mountain

	Total species			Large‐ranged species			Small‐ranged species
	Estimate	SE	95% CI	Estimate	SE	95% CI	Estimate	SE	95% CI
(Intercept)	0.00	0.00	0.00–0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00–0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00–0.00
MDE	0.85	0.22	0.42–1.28	0.86	0.21	0.44–1.28	0.48	0.36	−0.23–1.20
NDVI	1.14	0.39	0.37–1.90	1.34	0.43	0.49–2.18	0.47	0.39	−0.30–1.24
MAT	−0.67	0.36	−1.37–0.03	−0.87	0.35	−1.56–0.18	0.45	0.37	−0.27–1.18
MAH	0.44	0.31	−0.16–1.04	0.54	0.34	−0.13–1.20	0.41	0.42	−0.42–1.24
PSR	0.63	0.32	0.00–1.26	0.54	0.35	−0.14–1.23	−0.39	0.40	−1.17–0.39
AREA	0.54	0.35	−0.15–1.23	0.45	0.37	−0.28–1.18	0.21	0.41	−0.58–1.01
MMTR	−0.43	0.42	−1.25–0.39	−0.41	0.42	−1.24–0.42	−0.19	0.46	−1.09–0.70
MMHR	−0.25	0.42	−1.07–0.57	−0.24	0.42	−1.07–0.59	−0.14	0.46	−1.03–0.76

Estimates with confidence intervals that do not overlap zero are shown in bold.

Abbreviations: MAT, mean annual temperature; MDE, the mid‐domain effect; MMHR, mean monthly temperature range; MMTR, mean monthly temperature range; NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index; PSR, plant species richness.