Table 1 Reduced LME models of total abundance, abundance of the seven focal families and species diversity of the seven focal families.

From: Seasonal variation in a diverse beetle assemblage along two elevational gradients in the Australian Wet Tropics

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Fixed variable reducted

Beetle attribute

AICd

L.ratio

df

P

Atherton

Season

Abundancea

468

0.21

10

0.98

Abundanceb

190

3.20

8

0.07

Spp. diversityc

42

7.08

8

0.07

Elevation

Abundancea

490

21.1

9

0.0003

Abundance b

188

11.3

7

0.02

Spp. diversityc

45 e

18.4

7

0.001

Rainfall

Abundancea

447

0.5

12

0.49

Tmin

Abundancea

452

0.25

11

0.62

Spp. diversity c

72

38.9

10

<0.0001

Tmax

Abundancea

452

0.47

12

0.49

Abundanceb

187

12.3

10

0.0005

Paluma

Season

Abundancea

450

9.03

9

0.03

Abundance b

169

9.87

7

0.02

Spp. diversityc

38

19.4

7

0.0002

Elevation

Abundance a

450

12.2

9

0.007

Abundance b

166

7.96

7

0.05

Spp. diversity c

28 e

10.7

7

0.01

Rainfall

Abundancea

428

3.93

11

0.05

Tmin

Abundancea

429

0.43

11

0.51

Spp. diversityc

60

37.6

9

<0.0001

Tmax

Abundancea

430

0.89

11

0.35

Abundanceb

174

15.6

9

0.0001

  1. Each fixed variable has been individually reduced from the full model (full models shown in Table S2) and results from both AIC in REML and by Maximum Likelihood are shown. Significant variables are shown in bold.
  2. aTotal abundance (mean per trap day) full model: lme(TotalAbund ~ Elevation + Season + Rainfall + Tmax + Tmin,random = ~1|Site.group).
  3. bAbundance of the seven focal families (mean per day) full model: lme(FamAbund~Elevation + Season + Tmax,random = ~1|Site.group).
  4. cSpecies diversity of the seven focal abundant families (mean per day) full model: lme(Spp.diversity ~ Elevation + Season + Tmin,random = ~1|Site.group).
  5. dAIC’s of the reduced models and fit by REML.
  6. eAIC’s are lower than the full model AIC shown in Table S2.
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