Table 2 Regression models of PyC-age relationships with and without site effects

From: Wildfire legacies on pyrogenic carbon stocks in Amazonian peatlands

Models for PyC/TOC

Variables

ΔAIC*

Intercept

Slope

R2

Models with all ages (N = 67)

Model 1

linear mixed effects model with random slope

age,

site (random factor)

0.0

0.80

0.34

0.78

Model 2

linear mixed effects model with random intercept

age,

site (random factor)

9.9

0.57

0.81*

0.83

Model 3

simple polynomial model

age

16.8

0.11

0.47* (1)

0.08* (2)

0.77

Model 4

simple linear model

age

26.9

−0.36

1.16*

0.72

Models up to 3500 cal yr BP (N = 64)

Model 1

linear mixed effects model with random slope

age,

site (random factor)

0.0

0.85*

0.43

0.96

Model 2

linear mixed effects model with random intercept

age,

site (random factor)

51.1

0.97

0.43*

0.91

Model 3

simple polynomial model

age

82.9

0.52*

−0.97* (1)

0.58* (2)

0.42

Model 4

simple linear model

age

97.5

0.08

0.64*

0.26

  1. *ΔAIC indicates the best model in ascending order.
  2. The age applied to the equation is ka (millennium scale). (*indicates p < 0.05).