Table 3 The effect of the broadcasted information types and isolation metrics on song thrush relative abundance (difference in abundance between 2018 and 2017, and 2019 and 2017).

From: Social information modifies the associations between forest fragmentation and the abundance of a passerine bird

Explanatory variables

Song thrush relative abundance in 2018 (GAMM 4)

Song thrush relative abundance in 2019 (GAMM 5)

GAMM estimates of function slopes with standard errors (in brackets) for linear predictors

Intercept

−4.796 (0.938)***

−3.669 (0.981)***

Broadcast: Procedural control

−0.077 (0.332)

−0.102 (0.358)

Broadcast: Attractive

0.111 (0.328)

0.195 (0.345)

Broadcast: Repulsive

0.761 (0.346)*

−0.529 (0.371)

Broadcast: Mixed

−0.266 (0.322)

−0.208 (0.345)

Survey: 2

−1.398 (0.717)

−0.047 (0.568)

Survey: 3

0.359 (0.308)

0.369 (0.256)

Mean Accipiter: sp0.5

0.209 (0.245)

−0.285 (0.250)

Mean Accipiter: sp1

1.429 (0.815)

−0.247 (0.950)

Mean Turdus: sp0.5

−0.180 (0.935)

−0.360 (0.999)

Mean Turdus: sp1

0.524 (0.934)

−0.002 (0.963)

Mean Turdus: sp1.5

0.843 (0.961)

0.249 (0.999)

Mean Turdus: sp2

0.841 (1.141)

1.477 (1.141)

Number of loudspeakers

0.118 (0.123)

−0.001 (0.141)

Effective degrees of freedom are given, approximate significance of smooth terms

log(NNDist)

0.001

0.001

log(Forest area)

0.001

0.502

log(NNDist) × Broadcast: Control

0.000

1.192*

log(NNDist) × Broadcast: Procedural Control

1.540***

0.398

log(NNDist) × Broadcast: Attractive

0.000

0.000

log(NNDist) × Broadcast: Repulsive

0.000

0.000

log(NNDist) × Broadcast: Mixed

0.165

0.000

log(Area) × Broadcast: Control

0.001

0.001

log (Area) × Broadcast: Procedural Control

0.660

0.000

log(Area) × Broadcast: Attractive

1.350*

0.077

log(Area) × Broadcast: Repulsive

0.000

0.102

log(Area) × Broadcast: Mixed

0.000

0.000

X,Y

1.939

0.000

Mean date (numeric)

2.007**

0.820

Mean Survey start time

0.001

0.000

Mean Temperature

0.522

0.921***

Mean Cloudiness

1.485*

0.524

Mean Number of other bird species

3.616***

0.929*

Forest identity (random effect)

3.495

0.004

Deviance explained (%)

27.7

13.3

  1. Estimates from generalized additive mixed models with Gaussian error distribution. In every model total survey duration (in minutes) was included as the offset variable. Statistically significant effects are emboldened.
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.