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David Bell, Joakim Hjältén, Christer Nilsson, Dolly Jørgensen, and Therese Johansson. 2015. Forest restoration to attract a putative umbrella species, the white-backed woodpecker, benefited saproxylic beetles. Ecosphere 6:278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/es14-00551.1

Appendix B. Relationship between structural and temporal forest variables and beetle community structure (transformed data).

Table B1. Marginal tests in DistLM performed on transformed (presence-absence) community data for saproxylic beetles. The results reflect to what extent structural and temporal variables, individually, explain patterns in community structure. CWD = coarse woody debris.

Variable

SS (trace)

Pseudo-F

P

% Var

Time since restoration

4008,2

2,55

0,001

0,14

Elevation

3044,7

1,87

0,011

0,10

Canopy cover

5099,1

3,40

0,001

0,18

Slope

1686,5

0,98

0,483

0,06

Aspect (W)

1754,5

1,03

0,352

0,06

Aspect (NW)

1631,3

0,95

0,403

0,06

Aspect (E)

1426,2

0,82

0,728

0,05

Aspect (SW)

1155,8

0,66

1,000

0,04

Aspect (NE)

3160,8

1,95

0,053

0,11

Aspect (SE)

1671,1

0,97

0,313

0,06

Stand basal area (Pinus sylvestris)

1208,0

0,69

0,920

0,04

Stand basal area (Betula spp.)

1970,2

1,16

0,243

0,07

Stand basal area (Populus tremula)

1248,0

0,72

0,887

0,04

Stand basal area (Alnus spp.)

1903,4

1,12

0,273

0,07

Lying CWD (Picea abies)

2115,5

1,25

0,142

0,07

Lying CWD (Pinus sylvestris)

1293,9

0,74

0,827

0,04

Standing CWD (Picea abies)

1133,7

0,65

0,929

0,04

Standing CWD (Pinus sylvestris)

2606,7

1,57

0,063

0,09

Standing CWD (Betula spp.)

1782,3

1,04

0,380

0,06

Productivity class 1

1467,3

0,85

0,700

0,05

Productivity class 2

1580,2

0,92

0,565

0,05

Productivity class 3

2715,4

1,65

0,025

0,09

Productivity class 4

1408,2

0,81

0,673

0,05

Productivity class 5

2265,1

1,35

0,106

0,08

Productivity class 6

1891,6

1,11

0,258

0,06

Productivity class 7

1346,7

0,78

0,724

0,05

Forest stand size

957,1

0,54

0,994

0,03

Forest age

1094,8

0,63

0,950

0,04


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