The Influence of Landscape and Microhabitat on the Diversity of Large- and Medium-Sized Mammals in Atlantic Forest Remnants in a Matrix of Agroecosystem and Silviculture
Table 3
Results of the model selection based on AICc of a predefined set of candidate models for predicting richness and presence/absence of nonflying mammals of three Atlantic Forest remnants in the municipality of Ipumirim-SC, Brazil.
RV
Model descriptiona
Criterionb
AICc
AICc
WAIC
LL
Richness
HM OCCP
Landscape
3
70.78
0.00
0.53
−24.59
Farm/OPN field/pasture
Landscape
3
71.61
0.83
0.24
−23.38
ALT
Landscape
3
71.78
1.00
0.17
−19.76
SILV
Landscape
3
72.41
1.63
0.01
−31.53
ALT + INCL
Landscape + microhabitat
6
73.48
2.70
0.01
−31.56
CAN COV
Microhabitat
6
74.88
4.10
0.00
−31.53
LIT HGT + LIT COV + GRN COV + EXP SOIL + RCK OUT
Microhabitat
6
75.18
4.40
0.00
−33.02
LIT HGT + CAN COV
Microhabitat
8
77.70
6.92
0.00
−25.37
GRN COV + CAN COV
Microhabitat
11
78.18
7.40
0.00
−33.50
DIST TREE + DAP TREE + HGT TREE + DMT TREE + DIST SHR + DAT SHR + HGT SHR + DMT SHR + CAN COV + FRG SIZE
Landscape + microhabitat
4
125.91
55.13
0.00
−32.35
Presence/ absence
HM OCCP
Landscape
3
140.61
0.00
0.12
−66.96
ALT
Landscape
3
140.82
0.21
0.12
−66.98
Farm/OPN field/pasture
Landscape
3
141.03
0.42
0.11
−67.07
ALT + INCL
Landscape + microhabitat
6
141.42
0.81
0.10
−66.12
SILV
Landscape
3
141.44
0.84
0.10
−63.16
CAN COV
Microhabitat
7
142.82
2.21
0.06
−61.72
LIT HGT + LIT COV + GRN COV + EXP SOIL + RCK OUT
Microhabitat
6
144.19
3.58
0.04
−67.03
DIST TREE + DAP TREE + HGT TREE + DMT TREE
Microhabitat
4
145.17
4.56
0.04
−68.07
LIT HGT + CAN COV
Microhabitat
9
145.18
4.57
0.03
−65.27
DIST TREE + DAP TREE + HGT TREE + DMT TREE + DIST SHR + DAT SHR + HGT SHR + DMT SHR + CAN COV + FRG SIZE
Landscape + microhabitat
4
161.54
20.93
0.00
−62.77
Abbreviations used: RV: response variable; M: model; : parameters number of model; AIC: AIC value; AIC: AIC delta; WAIC: AIC weight; LL: Likelihood; LIT HGT: litterfall height; LIT COV: litterfall covering; GRN COV: green covering; EXP SOIL: exposed soil; RCK OUT: rocky out; INCL: inclination of terrain; CAN COV: canopy covering; HM OCCP: human occupation; SILV: silviculture; FARM: farming; OPN FLD: open field; FRG SIZE: fragment size; ALT: altitude; DIST STR: distance of stream; DIST TREE: distance of tree; HGT TREE: height tree; DMT TREE: diameter tree; DIST SHR: distance of shrub; HGT SHR: height shrub; DMT SHR: diameter shrub.
bWe present only the four best models each criterion, except Landscape + Microhabitat that only two models were defined.
