Ecological Archives A025-021-A3

Hillary S. Young, Douglas J. McCauley, Rodolfo Dirzo, Jacob R. Goheen, Bernard Agwanda, Cara Brook, Erik Otárola-Castillo, Adam W, Ferguson, Stephen N. Kinyua, Molly M. McDonough, Todd M. Palmer, Robert M. Pringle, Truman P. Young, and Kristofer M. Helgen. 2015. Context-dependent effects of large-wildlife declines on small mammal communities in central Kenya. Ecological Applications 25:348–360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0995.1

Appendix C. NMDS correlations for environmental factors and mammal subfamilies.

Table C1. NMDS correlations for environmental factors and mammal subfamilies.

 

NMDS1

 NMDS2

 r²

Pr(>r)

Environmental correlates

 

 

 

 

Vegetation cover

0.44

-0.90

0.33

<0.001

Vegetation species richness

-0.09

-0.10

0.10

0.010

% Agricultural crop cover

0.43

0.90

0.17

<0.001

Soil sand: silt ratio

-0.97

0.24

0.53

<0.001

Annual rainfall

0.98

-0.19

0.68

<0.001

Recent rainfall

-0.82

-0.57

0.12

<0.01

Domestic herbivores

0.83

0.56

0.01

0.51

Wild herbivores

-0.45

-0.89

0.14

0.001

All herbivores

-0.05

-1.00

0.04

0.16

Subfamily correlations

       

Deomyinae

-0.44

-0.90

0.20

<0.001

Gerbillinae

-1.04

-0.07

0.20

<0.001

Murinae

0.73

0.69

0.21

<0.001

Cricetomyinae

0.41

-0.91

0.38

<0.001

Dendromurinae

0.93

0.36

0.26

<0.001

Crocidurinae

0.43

-0.90

0.27

<0.001

Macroscelidinae

-0.62

-0.79

0.06

0.05


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