Table 1 The best effects model on ladybird beetles and spider abundance, as well as landscape variables selected using generalised linear mixed models in multimodel inference.

From: Landscape structure influences natural pest suppression in a rice agroecosystem

 

1000 m

700 m

500 m

200 m

Variable

Est.

z

p

Variable

Est.

z

p

Variable

Est.

z

p

Variable

Est.

z

p

Ladybird beetles

(Intercept)

2.18

2.11

0.03

(Intercept)

2.14

1.777

0.07

(Intercept)

1.75

2.19

0.03

(Intercept)

1.87

1.98

0.04

Water-bodies

0.21

2.65

0.008

Road

0.14

2.05

0.04

Fallow

0.38

2.4

0.01

Urban

0.16

2.84

0.003

Road

0.12

2.07

0.04

Urban

   

AICc

324.6

  

AICc

327.62

  

AICc

324.9

  

AICc

325.41

  

Spiders

(Intercept)

2.36

7.68

 < 0.001

(Intercept)

2.36

7.68

 < 0.001

(Intercept)

2.35

7.61

 < 0.001

(Intercept)

2.35

7.9

 < 0.001

Phenology-mid

− 0.27

1.96

0.01

Phenology-mid

− 0.27

1.95

0.04

Phenology-mid

− 0.27

0.04

 

Phenology-mid

− 0.27

1.95

0.04

  1. Models were fitted at four spatial scales surrounding the sampled fields, ranging from 200 to 1000 m. Only significant variables in the best models (ΔAICc < 2) are presented.
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