Table 5 Random Forest (RF) and Multivariate Regression Tree (MRT) model specifications for estuarine, coastal and reef intertidal and subtidal areas in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and adjacent estuaries.

From: A spatial analysis of seagrass habitat and community diversity in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Model name

RF models

MRT models

Number of sites

mtry

Number of sites

Estuary intertidal

4962

2

4347

Estuary subtidal

6426

1

5420

Coast intertidal

5328

2

3895

Coast subtidal

16,073

3

10,151

Reef intertidal

2569

2

1292

Reef subtidal

2695

2

1258

Total

38,053

–

26,363

  1. Total number of sites used in each model (split between 80% for model training and 20% for testing), total sites used in each model, and the optimal number of predictor variables that were randomly selected at each node in RF models (mtry).
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