Fig. 2: Stressor–response relationships.

Posterior probability distributions (approximately the same as frequency of simulations) of regression coefficients for stressor–response relationships across five organism groups and seven stressors. a,b, Regression coefficients from log-linear models for taxonomic richness (a) and logit-linear models for evenness/coverage (b). Dots represent the mode, known as the MAP estimate; horizontal bars indicate 90% high-density intervals. Blue curves indicate positive mode estimates (approximately the same as positive response of organism group to stressor), while red curves indicate negative estimates. Full posterior results are given in Supplementary Data 2.