Research Article

Factors Affecting the Presence and the Diversity of Bryophytes in the Petrifying Sources Habitat (7220) in Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Table 3

Results of the AIC stepwise model selection for species richness showing the best significant variables selected based on their weight using the complete dataset (columns on the left) or the data without 2 possible outliers (columns on the right).

VariableWeight of the variableAveraged coefficientUnconditional standard error
Full modelModel without possible outliersFull modelModel without possible outliersFull modelModel without possible outliers

Cover0.9920.992−0.007−0.0060.0020.002
PO40.9600.983−7.510−8.3612.5722.479
NH40.7090.300−5.615−1.6894.1402.414
Mg0.6500.5480.0090.0070.0060.005
pH_mean0.5870.616−0.186−0.2000.1280.131
Zonecont0.3090.3000.0650.0580.0860.080
Ca0.3000.2690.0010.0000.0010.001
NO30.2740.2760.0040.0040.0060.006
NO20.2300.229−0.002−0.0010.0140.013
Slope moderate0.0870.0900.0070.0080.0180.019
Slope steep0.0870.090.0050.0080.0210.023