Extended Data Fig. 3: Underlying empirical data and models fits (±95% confidence intervals) for all combinations of the three surface descriptors (x-axes) and species richness, abundance and diversity (PIE) (y-axes).
From: A geometric basis for surface habitat complexity and biodiversity
The overall pattern was captured by both statistical approaches: generalised additive models and linear models with second-order polynomials for each surface descriptors. r2 values were consistently better for GAMs and reported here and in Extended Data Fig. 8.
