TABLE 3.

Summary of linear mixed effect models within ∆ AICc = 4 obtained using MuMin package in R (Bartoń, 2011). Where S = species density, H = Shannon's index, J = species evenness, N = stem density, BA = basal area, LAI = leaf area index, FA = fallow age, DIS = distance from the nearest old‐growth forest, SL = slope, PS = patch size, SOC = soil organic carbon

Response variable	Site environmental attribute					df	LL	AICc	∆AICc	Weight
	FA	DIS	SL	PS	SOC
S	X			X		6	−69.93	159.50	0.0	0.36
				X		5	−72.59	160.19	0.69	0.26
				X	X	6	−70.52	160.68	1.18	0.20
	X			X	X	7	−67.85	160.9	1.4	0.18
H				X		5	−65.48	145.96	0.0	0.39
	X			X		6	−63.67	146.97	1.02	0.23
	X				X	6	−63.68	146.99	1.03	0.23
	X			X	X	7	−61.84	148.89	2.93	0.09
			X	X		6	−64.98	149.6	3.64	0.06
J				X	X	6	−49.31	118.26	0.0	0.57
				X		5	−51.9	118.8	0.55	0.43
N				X	X	6	−68.1	155.83	0.0	0.29
	X			X	X	7	−65.69	156.58	0.76	0.2
	X			X		6	−68.83	156.91	1.08	0.17
				X		5	−71.06	157.12	1.3	0.15
	X				X	6	−69.53	158.7	2.87	0.07
					X	5	−71.94	158.89	3.06	0.06
			X	X		6	−69.69	159.01	3.19	0.06
BA				X	X	6	−69.76	159.17	0.0	0.18
				X		5	−72.27	159.53	0.37	0.15
	X			X		6	−70.05	159.73	0.56	0.14
	X		X	X		7	−67.37	159.94	0.77	0.12
	X			X	X	7	−67.39	159.99	0.82	0.12
			X	X		6	−70.36	160.35	1.19	0.1
			X	X	X	7	−68.22	161.65	2.48	0.05
	X		X			6	−71.26	162.16	2.99	0.04
	X				X	6	−71.47	162.57	3.41	0.03
	X		X	X	X	8	−65.3	162.6	3.43	0.03
					X	5	−73.91	162.82	3.65	0.03
LAI				X		5	−70.67	156.35	0.0	0.35
	X			X		6	−68.72	157.07	0.72	0.25
				X	X	6	−68.72	157.08	0.74	0.24
	X			X	X	7	−66.76	158.71	2.37	0.11
			X	X		6	−70.31	160.25	3.9	0.05

Abbreviations: AICc, Akaike information criterion corrected for small sample size; df, degree of freedom; LL, log likelihood.