Ecological Archives M085-018-A4

Jon D. Witman, Robert W. Lamb, and Jarrett E. K. Byrnes. 2015. Towards an integration of scale and complexity in marine ecology. Ecological Monographs 85:475–504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2265.1

Appendix D. Details of quantile regression analysis.

Table D1. Results of quantile regression analysis of time (year of publication) on the metrics of scale and complexity. Tau values represent the quantile of data used for each regression coefficient and corresponding p-value.

Variable

tau

Value

Std. Error

t value

Pr (>|t|)

Duration

0.05

-0.007

0.017

-0.414

0.679

Duration

0.15

0.002

0.015

0.130

0.897

Duration

0.25

-0.010

0.012

-0.809

0.419

Duration

0.35

-0.013

0.012

-1.101

0.272

Duration

0.45

-0.014

0.012

-1.160

0.247

Duration

0.55

-0.012

0.012

-1.020

0.309

Duration

0.65

-0.003

0.011

-0.276

0.783

Duration

0.75

-0.003

0.010

-0.274

0.784

Duration

0.85

-0.004

0.010

-0.378

0.706

Duration

0.95

0.005

0.008

0.586

0.558

Spatial Grain

0.05

0.000

0.001

0.056

0.956

Spatial Grain

0.15

0.000

0.002

-0.048

0.962

Spatial Grain

0.25

0.000

0.003

-0.172

0.864

Spatial Grain

0.35

-0.001

0.003

-0.230

0.818

Spatial Grain

0.45

0.000

0.003

0.073

0.942

Spatial Grain

0.55

-0.001

0.003

-0.424

0.672

Spatial Grain

0.65

-0.012

0.005

-2.122

0.035

Spatial Grain

0.75

-0.019

0.009

-2.062

0.040

Spatial Grain

0.85

-0.055

0.021

-2.601

0.010

Spatial Grain

0.95

-0.102

0.024

-4.275

0.000

Spatial extent

0.05

0.029

0.008

3.468

0.001

Spatial extent

0.15

0.032

0.009

3.554

0.000

Spatial extent

0.25

0.023

0.010

2.329

0.020

Spatial extent

0.35

0.019

0.010

1.773

0.077

Spatial extent

0.45

0.024

0.011

2.195

0.029

Spatial extent

0.55

0.027

0.011

2.536

0.012

Spatial extent

0.65

0.023

0.010

2.170

0.031

Spatial extent

0.75

0.016

0.011

1.464

0.144

Spatial extent

0.85

0.012

0.011

1.120

0.263

Spatial extent

0.95

0.030

0.010

2.863

0.004

Global Spatial Extent

0.05

0.000

0.002

0.000

1.000

Global Spatial Extent

0.15

0.000

0.003

0.000

1.000

Global Spatial Extent

0.25

0.000

0.004

0.000

1.000

Global Spatial Extent

0.35

0.000

0.004

0.000

1.000

Global Spatial Extent

0.45

0.000

0.005

0.000

1.000

Global Spatial Extent

0.55

0.000

0.005

0.000

1.000

Global Spatial Extent

0.65

0.002

0.004

0.383

0.702

Global Spatial Extent

0.75

0.039

0.011

3.492

0.001

Global Spatial Extent

0.85

0.052

0.016

3.323

0.001

Global Spatial Extent

0.95

0.075

0.039

1.946

0.053

Species

0.05

0.000

0.004

0.000

1.000

Species

0.15

-0.007

0.004

-1.650

0.100

Species

0.25

-0.004

0.005

-0.747

0.456

Species

0.35

0.000

0.005

0.000

1.000

Species

0.45

0.000

0.005

0.000

1.000

Species

0.55

0.000

0.006

0.000

1.000

Species

0.65

0.005

0.006

0.852

0.395

Species

0.75

0.010

0.006

1.683

0.093

Species

0.85

0.015

0.007

2.142

0.033

Species

0.95

0.022

0.014

1.565

0.119

Factors

0.05

0.000

0.003

0.000

1.000

Factors

0.15

0.000

0.001

0.000

1.000

Factors

0.25

0.000

0.002

0.000

1.000

Factors

0.35

0.000

0.002

0.000

1.000

Factors

0.45

0.007

0.002

4.036

0.000

Factors

0.55

0.006

0.002

3.163

0.002

Factors

0.65

0.000

0.002

0.000

1.000

Factors

0.75

0.007

0.002

3.393

0.001

Factors

0.85

0.000

0.004

0.000

1.000

Factors

0.95

0.000

0.004

0.000

1.000

Treatment Combinations

0.05

0.000

0.002

0.000

1.000

Treatment Combinations

0.15

0.010

0.004

2.570

0.011

Treatment Combinations

0.25

0.012

0.004

3.224

0.001

Treatment Combinations

0.35

0.000

0.003

0.000

1.000

Treatment Combinations

0.45

0.000

0.004

0.000

1.000

Treatment Combinations

0.55

0.008

0.003

2.367

0.019

Treatment Combinations

0.65

0.011

0.003

3.248

0.001

Treatment Combinations

0.75

0.016

0.004

4.226

0.000

Treatment Combinations

0.85

0.022

0.004

5.573

0.000

Treatment Combinations

0.95

0.015

0.007

2.077

0.039


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