Table 3 Global engineering and dispersal model results

From: Seed dispersal by Martu peoples promotes the distribution of native plants in arid Australia

 

Diversiflorum

Centrale

Eragrostis

Scaevola

Engineering Model

  Fire season: winter

3.02 ** [1.48, 6.15]

0.87 [0.39, 1.93]

0.37 *** [0.28, 0.49]

1.59 * [1.04, 2.44]

  Fire Frequency

0.69 [0.17, 2.74]

4.06 ** [1.48, 11.16]

1.04 [0.69, 1.56]

0.80 [0.38, 1.67]

  TSF diversity

3.08 *** [1.75, 5.45]

1.50 [0.69, 3.29]

0.56 *** [0.42, 0.74]

1.46 [0.91, 2.35]

  TSFdiv × Fire freq

0.58 [0.18, 1.83]

0.47 [0.16, 1.38]

1.57 [0.94, 2.61]

1.43 [0.58, 3.56]

  Season × Fire freq

1.47 [0.33, 6.57]

2.61 [0.79, 8.62]

2.73 *** [1.56, 4.77]

0.93 [0.35, 2.48]

  R2 Fixed effects

11.44%

12.07%

7.19%

1.98%

  R2 Fixed + Random

41.12%

56.94%

30.52%

40.17%

Dispersal Model

  Site distance

0.27 *** [0.15, 0.49]

0.38 * [0.16, 0.91]

0.69 * [0.49, 0.98]

3.49 *** [1.94, 6.29]

  Land use

17.01 *** [6.50, 44.50]

1.20 [0.36, 4.02]

0.77 [0.50, 1.17]

0.46 [0.20, 1.07]

  Major site

0.08 * [0.01, 0.58]

1.04 [0.06, 18.04]

1.80 * [1.05, 3.07]

0.19 * [0.05, 0.71]

  H2O Perm

3.84 * [1.04, 14.24]

1.34 [0.22, 8.27]

0.40 * [0.19, 0.87]

0.09 ** [0.02, 0.43]

  Land use × H2O Perm

2836.02 *** [314.78, 25551.36]

0.03 * [0.00, 1.00]

1.84 [0.58, 5.89]

0.21 [0.03, 1.54]

  Site dist × Land Use

0.01 *** [0.00, 0.09]

0.62 [0.04, 8.69]

0.08 *** [0.03, 0.20]

12.67 ** [2.30, 69.84]

  R2 Fixed effects

44.88%

14.88%

8.75%

19.05%

  R2 Fixed + Random

55.50%

68.10%

43.54%

68.79%

  1. Model covariates (GLM, binomial, n  =  10 random effect levels, n  =  2924 observations) as the standardized odds ratio for the best presence models (±95% CI in square brackets). The odds ratios reported here give the relative change in the likelihood of presence for a two-standard deviation increase in the predictor variable. Odds ratios higher than 1 indicate the predictor variable increases the odds of presence; those less than 1 indicate a negative relationship (the predictor variable decreases the likelihood of presence). Interaction (crossed) terms in the model are represented by “X”. Caution must be used in interpreting the coefficients from interaction terms. R2 terms are reported as Nakagawa’s R2 and are suggestive of the proportion of variation explained by the fixed terms, vs the fixed terms plus the random effect of Transect. Predicted values for some variables are shown in Fig. 2. Asterisks indicate significant p values (* = <0.05, ** = <0.01, *** = <0.001).