Skip to main content

Table 9 Raw regression coefficients associated with the significant effects of area, elevation and terrain slope on species richness (all variables involved in the model were either log-transformed, i.e., species number and area, or square root-transformed, i.e. elevation and slope, prior to analysis)

From: Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns

Effect terms

Coefficient estimates

t ratio

Prob >|t|

Model statistics

Intercept

1.113

6.81

 < 0.0001

n = 120

R2 = 0.687

F = 40.974

p < 0.0001

Area

0.301

4.68

 < 0.0001

Elevation

0.030

5.55

 < 0.0001

Slope

0.119

4.41

 < 0.0001

Elevation × Slope

− 0.011

− 3.60

0.0005

Elevation × Elevation

− 0.003

− 4.15

 < 0.0001

Slope × Slope

− 0.029

− 3.49

0.0007