Table 1 The Spearman correlation coefficient of partial Mantel tests between environmental distance matrices and the dissimilarity matrix of each taxon when the geographic distance was being controlled.

From: Disentangling effects of abiotic factors and biotic interactions on cross-taxon congruence in species turnover patterns of plants, moths and beetles

Environmental distance matrix

Vascular plants

Carabidae

Geometridae

Arctiinae

Elevation (Ele)

0.32***

0.26***

0.35***

0.25***

Soil total N (TN)

0.24***

0.03

−0.09

0.11*

Soil texture (ST)

−0.07

−0.03

−0.12

0.19***

Cultivated land (CL)

0.47***

0.28***

0.15**

0.10*

Orchard (OR)

0.08*

−0.14

0.02

−0.07

Woodland (WL)

0.14**

0.02

−0.1

−0.04

Grassland (GL)

0.20***

0.02

−0.02

−0.08

Landscape diversity (SHDI)

0.03

0.04

−0.1

0.01

Semi-natural land area % (SNP)

0.76***

0.23**

0.06*

−0.04

  1. Levels of statistical significance (under one-tailed test of 1000 random permutations): *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
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