Table 3.

Model comparison table for the three models used for hypothesis testing compared with the full model, for all taxa and invertebrate only subset

		All taxa			Invertebrates only
Model	d.f.	AIC	log lik.	${\chi }^2$	AIC	log lik.	${\chi }^2$
Full model	73	− 12949.60	6547.80		− 9616.36	4881.18
Full model minus UI	53	− 13244	6675.3	145.35	− 9615.97	4860.99	171.06
Full model minus LUI × habitat layer interaction (hypothesis 1)	30	− 13284.10	6685.05	125.78	− 9896.90	4991.45	139.49
Full model minus soil property × land use interactions (hypothesis 2)	32	− 13121.93	6601.96	291.96	− 9841.82	4961.91	198.58
Full model minus soil property × land use × habitat layer interactions (hypothesis 3)	20	− 13262.79	6684.40	127.10	− 9931.08	5018.54	85.31

All results were significant at p < 0.001