Table 3 Summary of variables used to predict animal richness of taxonomic orders and composition from 873 iron caves in southeastern Amazonia.
From: Caves as wildlife refuges in degraded landscapes in the Brazilian Amazon
Variable type | Variable | Min | Max | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inside caves, continuous | Elevation | 201 | 842 | 554.1 | 153.1 |
Slope | 0.1 | 38.20 | 3.73 | 4.2 | |
Area | 5.00 | 4224 | 127.9 | 231.5 | |
Landscape, continuous | HAND | 0 | 595.8 | 329.5 | 165.5 |
Minor loss | 0 | 19.79 | 2.74 | 3.99 | |
Mines | 0 | 79 | 14.92 | 18.09 | |
Agriculture | 0 | 2.04 | 0.02 | 0.17 | |
Pasture | 0 | 40.12 | 20.58 | 30.07 |
Variable type | Variable | Frequency (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inside caves, discrete | Resident bats | 7 | |||
Percolating water | 51.8 | ||||
Water reservoir | 22.9 | ||||
Vegetation | 89.5 | ||||
Plant detritus | 62.8 | ||||
Roots | 96.9 | ||||
Guano | 48 | ||||
Feces (non-bats) | 38.8 | ||||
Regurgitation balls | 1.8 | ||||
Carcasses | 8.2 |
