Research Article

Butterfly Diversity and Abundance in the Middle Afromontane Area of Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 7

Multiple regression analysis between butterfly abundance and weather variables.

LocationCoefficientsStandard errort value value

Mount BezawitIntercept436.0637.3111.691.31E-08
RF11.749.411.250.2327
Min T−3.862.67−1.440.1708
Max T0.511.640.310.7598

AlemsagaIntercept528.6529.7817.755.39E-11
RF−2.9911.43−0.260.7972
Min T6.844.861.410.1810
Max T−3.481.71−2.030.0617

Tara GedamIntercept558.2137.9814.706.67E-10
RF29.5018.181.620.1269
Min T7.464.521.650.1206
Max T−3.321.89−1.760.1007

RF stands for rainfall, Min T for minimum temperature, and Max T for maximum temperature.