Table 4 AIC and ΔAIC values of seedling survival rate models at different levels.

From: Drivers of natural regeneration seedling dynamics in a Larix gmelinii var. principis-rupprechtii artificial forest

Level

Null

Biotic

Habitat

Full (Biotic + Habitat)

AIC

ΔAIC

R2

AIC

ΔAIC

R2

AIC

ΔAIC

R2

AIC

ΔAIC

R2

Community

302.381

11.686

0.00

291.414

0.719

0.69

306.350

15.655

0.20

290.695

0.0

0.80

Diameter class

 < 1 cm

294.762

18.824

0.01

278.204

2.266

0.78

298.545

22.607

0.22

275.938

0.0

0.85

 1–2 cm

297.167

3.121

0.00

294.046

0.0

0.46

303.539

9.493

0.09

295.570

1.524

0.66

 2–3 cm

281.093

0.310

0.04

287.656

6.873

0.39

287.720

6.937

0.11

280.783

0.0

0.49

 3–4 cm

260.845

6.961

0.00

255.242

1.358

0.57

266.637

12.753

0.12

253.884

0.0

0.73

 4–5 cm

248.219

12.148

0.03

238.480

2.409

0.68

253.344

17.273

0.17

236.071

0.0

0.79

 > 5 cm

272.661

25.093

0.30

272.066

24.498

0.57

279.954

32.386

0.33

247.568

0.0

0.94

Height class

 < 0.3 m

199.672

4.202

0.37

210.257

14.787

0.28

201.149

5.679

0.56

195.470

0.0

0.82

 0.3–0.6 m

264.954

33.976

0.01

245.559

14.581

0.78

261.331

30.353

0.48

230.978

0.0

0.94

 0.6–1.0 m

265.244

32.398

0.00

238.553

5.707

0.89

268.561

35.715

0.23

232.846

0.0

0.92

 1.0–1.5 m

276.520

6.844

0.01

270.614

0.938

0.57

281.113

11.437

0.18

269.676

0.0

0.74

 1.5–2.0 m

274.680

0.0

0.02

275.350

0.670

0.27

279.336

4.656

0.09

275.430

0.750

0.58

 > 2 m

321.408

12.801

0.06

312.056

3.449

0.64

327.585

18.978

0.15

308.607

0.0

0.83

Age class

 0–2 years

167.691

0.0

0.14

176.734

9.043

0.09

175.708

8.017

0.14

169.329

1.638

0.65

 2–4 years

275.264

9.355

0.09

266.6724

0.763

0.60

281.408

15.499

0.18

265.909

0.0

0.80

 4–6 years

286.909

3.831

0.00

283.078

0.0

0.53

292.597

9.519

0.12

283.414

0.366

0.70

 6–8 years

290.707

5.344

0.02

285.3818

0.019

0.58

296.220

10.857

0.15

285.363

0.0

0.73

 8–10 years

281.701

8.379

0.00

273.3222

0.0

0.70

288.129

14.807

0.08

274.138

0.816

0.60

 10–12 years

265.564

0.657

0.00

264.9068

0.0

0.41

272.227

7.320

0.07

265.919

1.012

0.62

 > 12 years

276.854

22.143

0.08

277.7515

23.041

0.43

278.080

23.369

0.37

254.711

0.0

0.90

  1. Bold values indicate the optimal model values. When two or more bold values are shown, the difference in ΔAIC values between the models is < 2, indicating similar model performance.