Table 1 Association between number of insects in photos and wind speed, temperature, grass height, time of the year, and time after sunset in Southern Germany in 2020 and 2021.

From: High temporal resolution data reveal low bat and insect activity over managed meadows in central Europe

Variable

Estimate ± SE or edf

z-value or Χ2

P

Parametric terms

 Intercept

− 0.57 ± 0.20

− 2.90

0.004

 Year: 2021 (2020)

0.06 ± 0.04

1.30

0.19

 Location on meadow: middle (edge)

0.05 ± 0.02

2.35

0.02

Smooth terms

 Wind

3.91

448

 < 0.001

 Temperature

3.81

1488

 < 0.001

 Grass height

3.98

495

 < 0.001

 Time of the year

3.96

695

 < 0.001

 Time after sunset

3.99

4410

 < 0.001

Meadow IDa

8.90

732

 < 0.001

  1. Results of GAM1. Reference levels are presented in parenthesis.
  2. aRandom factor.