Table 1 Habitat-model spatial and biogeochemical components.

From: Biogeography and habitat modelling of high-alpine bacteria

AIC variables

Explained by spatial model (r2)

Explained by predictor variables (r2)

Explained by OLS (r2)

Total explained by (predictor + space, r2)

Residual autocorrelation (m)

Acidobacteria G4

β-Glucosidase, soil water, snow depth, MBN, pH

0.365

0.409

0.44

0.573

350

Rhizobiales

Soil water, forb abundance, snow depth, pH, WHC

0.352

0.339

0.365

0.533

250

Rhodospirillales

Soil water, snow depth, DOC, sand, forb abundance, pH

0.148

0.557

0.56

0.591

110

Saprospirales

β-Glucosidase, soil water, DOC, pH, forb abundance, snow depth

0.29

0.587

0.593

0.621

250

  1. AIC, Akaike Information Criteria; DOC, dissolved organic carbon; MBN, microbial biomass nitrogen; OLS, ordinary least squares; WHC, water holding capacity.