Ecological Archives A025-139-A4

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 D. Independent and joint contributions of environmental variables to the explained variance for the abundance of amphibians and reptiles.

Table D1. Independent (I) and joint (J) contributions of environmental variables to the explained variance for the abundance of amphibian and snake species in the Sudbury region as revealed by hierarchical partitioning. CAN, canopy cover; CWD, the amount of coarse woody debris; RH, relative humidity; Ts, soil temperature. Significant independent contributions are shown in bold and marginally significant ones are underlined. Variables with ≤3 zero-order correlations (Appendix B) were excluded from the analysis. See Appendix A for explanation of species acronyms.

 

 

I

J

Z

 

 

 

I

J

Z

 

 

 

I

J

Z

ANAM

As

12.2

16.6

0.10

LICA

As

25.9

21.8

0.18

LICL

As

14.6

18.9

-0.44

Cu

13.4

19.2

0.21

Cu

9.0

8.6

-0.55

Cu

21.8

22.6

-0.10

Ni

12.5

18.1

0.04

Canopy

27.3

23.6

0.18

Ni

30.4

23.1

0.35

CAN

40.1

19.0

2.50

CWD

13.2

19.7

-0.42

RH

13.3

15.5

-0.57

CWD

5.6

6.9

-0.55

RH

14.5

16.3

-0.36

Ts

19.9

19.9

-0.20

Ts

16.3

20.3

-0.01

Ts

10.1

10.0

-0.55

LIPI

As

14.5

17.3

-0.26

LISE

Cu

62.6

50.0

1.21

LISY

As

12.4

21.5

0.17

Cu

34.5

24.2

0.56

Ni

37.4

50.0

0.41

Cu

12.9

21.9

-0.01

Ni

22.7

25.6

0.18

Ni

12.7

20.8

0.30

CAN

10.5

9.8

-0.37

CAN

47.6

18.7

2.96

CWD

7.3

12.2

-0.47

CWD

4.7

7.2

-0.85

Ts

10.5

10.9

-0.47

Ts

9.7

9.8

-0.28

HYVE

As

13.1

20.9

-0.04

PSCR

As

14.7

20.1

-0.04

AMLA

As

15.3

24.1

0.18

Cu

14.1

14.1

-0.08

Cu

17.5

17.8

0.81

Cu

9.5

19.5

-0.39

Ni

8.5

8.0

-0.34

Ni

10.8

14.0

-0.21

Ni

8.7

17.6

-0.30

CAN

46.5

23.7

2.45

CAN

37.8

16.5

2.14

CAN

44.5

21.6

2.67

CWD

8.1

15.1

-0.43

CWD

9.5

15.8

-0.33

CWD

8.2

14.8

-0.32

Ts

9.7

18.1

-0.37

Ts

9.7

15.8

-0.30

Ts

13.8

2.4

-0.06

NOVI

As

23.8

24.5

0.93

PLCI

As

32.5

19.9

1.97

DIPU

As

18.2

21.5

0.49

Cu

16.8

22.2

0.37

Cu

9.7

16.6

-0.11

Cu

14.1

19.5

0.67

Ni

18.0

21.9

0.56

Ni

8.6

12.4

-0.19

Ni

12.3

17.6

0.23

CAN

23.6

16.8

1.22

CAN

12.6

22.0

0.21

CAN

33.7

19.6

2.35

CWD

6.2

8.6

-0.55

CWD

28.9

24.7

1.76

CWD

11.6

13.1

0.05

Ts

11.7

6.1

0.02

Ts

7.6

4.3

-0.29

Ts

10.2

8.7

-0.12

OPVE

As

27.8

21.6

1.34

STOC

As

8.1

36.8

-0.30

THIS

As

12.2

21.3

-0.09

Cu

12.0

18.6

0.07

Cu

19.4

3.1

0.62

Canopy

74.9

32.3

3.87

Ni

9.5

17.3

-0.10

Ni

32.3

-9.5

1.83

Ts

12.9

46.4

0.05

CAN

30.4

21.1

1.66

CAN

27.1

16.6

1.34

CWD

10.5

16.1

-0.17

CWD

3.9

26.8

-0.64

 

Ts

9.7

5.3

-0.24

 

 

Ts

9.2

7.3

-0.18

 

 

 

 

 

 


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