Ecological Archives A025-139-A2

Kiyoshi Sasaki, David Lesbarréres, Glen Watson, and Jacqueline Litzgus. 2015. Mining-caused changes to habitat structure affect amphibian and reptile population ecology more than metal pollution. Ecological Applications 25:2240–2254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1418.1

Appendix B. Bivariate correlations between species metrics and environmental variables.

Table B1. Bivariate correlations between species richness, diversity, and abundance (number of individuals per species) and environmental variables. CAN, canopy cover; CWD, the amount of coarse woody debris; Ts, soil temperature; RH, relative humidity. See Appendix A for explanation of species acronyms.

 

As

Cu

Ni

CAN

CWD

RH

Ts

Amphibian richness

-0.896

-0.784

-0.697

0.843

-0.796

0.668

0.696

Amphibian PIEENS

-0.415

-0.232

-0.265

0.428

-0.258

0.410

0.396

Reptile richness

-0.799

-0.594

-0.633

0.774

-0.732

0.702

0.640

Reptile PIEENS

-0.811

-0.619

-0.616

0.810

-0.631

0.563

0.768

ANAM

-0.476

-0.482

-0.405

0.695

0.400

0.134

-0.664

LICA

-0.511

-0.310

-0.295

0.529

0.441

0.418

-0.336

LICL

-0.449

-0.500

-0.514

0.237

0.206

0.422

-0.491

LIPI

-0.426

-0.540

-0.483

0.353

0.363

0.067

-0.367

LISE

-0.124

-0.460

-0.356

-0.14

0.025

-0.136

-0.232

LISY

-0.410

-0.400

-0.339

0.612

0.301

0.191

-0.405

HYVE

-0.528

-0.470

-0.353

0.726

0.466

0.235

-0.506

PSCR

-0.597

-0.590

-0.502

0.684

0.517

0.264

-0.517

AMLA

-0.414

-0.370

-0.313

0.619

0.382

0.132

-0.330

NOVI

-0.530

-0.500

-0.416

0.629

0.471

0.202

-0.472

PLCI

-0.538

-0.430

-0.353

0.558

0.710

0.283

-0.335

DIPU

-0.567

-0.530

-0.438

0.760

0.627

0.207

-0.530

OPVE

-0.479

-0.420

-0.348

0.610

0.509

0.167

-0.360

STOC

-0.390

-0.370

-0.390

0.498

0.345

0.245

-0.310

THSI

-0.362

-0.280

-0.180

0.754

0.278

0.073

-0.470

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