Appendix B. A comparison of results assuming 95% and 99% confidence intervals (CI).
|
Measure |
Comparison |
Mean |
99% LCI |
95% LCI |
99% UCI |
95% UCI |
|
Effect Size |
All |
-0.12048 |
-0.8803 |
-0.7148 |
0.6393 |
0.4738 |
|
Animal |
-0.10195 |
-1.5396 |
-1.1868 |
1.3357 |
0.9829 |
|
|
Plant |
-0.13524 |
-1.1567 |
-0.9216 |
0.8862 |
0.6512 |
|
|
Dry |
-0.36499 |
-1.5531 |
-1.2712 |
0.823 |
0.5412 |
|
|
Wet |
0.11029 |
-1.0427 |
-0.7716 |
1.2633 |
0.9922 |
|
|
Cumulative richness |
All |
0.14568 |
-0.0562 |
-0.0132 |
0.3476 |
0.3046 |
|
Animal |
0.08317 |
-0.1144 |
-0.0671 |
0.2807 |
0.2335 |
|
|
Plant |
0.22325 |
-0.0897 |
-0.0148 |
0.5362 |
0.4613 |
|
|
Dry |
0.14673 |
-0.1426 |
-0.0741 |
0.4303 |
0.3618 |
|
|
Wet |
0.14382 |
-0.0819 |
-0.0272 |
0.3753 |
0.3207 |
|
|
Turnover |
All |
0.506546 |
0.408654 |
0.429476 |
0.604439 |
0.58362 |
|
Animal |
0.349296 |
0.249395 |
0.271641 |
0.449196 |
0.42695 |
|
|
Plant |
0.70145 |
0.589758 |
0.615167 |
0.813141 |
0.787732 |
|
|
Dry |
0.621969 |
0.455400 |
0.494564 |
0.788538 |
0.749374 |
|
|
Wet |
0.447186 |
0.328144 |
0.354133 |
0.566228 |
0.540239 |
Note: Bolded lower confidence interval (LCI) values are negative indicating insignificant gradients in species richness (but not turnover) between riparian and upland habitats using 95% and 99% CI’s.