Table 1 Results of a meta-regression model assessing the effects of climate (PCA1Climate) and variation in cattle density (Δ Cattle Density) on the difference in dung removal rates between pasture management regimes (low-high intensities) within sites

From: Dung removal increases under higher dung beetle functional diversity regardless of grazing intensification

Moderators

Estimate

SE

t

df

P

VIF

Intercept

0.097

0.261

0.372

34

0.712

 

PCA1Climate

−0.098

0.103

−0.959

34

0.344

1.05

Δ Cattle Density

−0.185

0.239

−0.775

34

0.444

1.01

PCA1Diversity

0.404

0.161

2.502

34

0.017

1.07

  1. The effects of the other variables (differences in dung beetle abundance, richness, and functional diversity based on both behavioral and morphological traits) were tested altogether as the scores of a principal component analysis that summarizes them (PCA1Diversity; see Table S5). Pseudo-R² = 0.137; F 3,34 = 3.30; P = 0.032. VIF stands for variance inflation factor. See also Tables S3 and S4 for comparison with other model specifications. t: t-test values for the intercept and each partial regression coefficient.
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