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Table 5 Multiple linear regression analysis results testing data for size of specimens against factors of moraine age and distance from Skaftafelsheiði for B. pubescens and both Salix species

From: Spatial and temporal dynamics of growth of woody plant species (birch and willows) on the foreland of a retreating glacier in southern Iceland

Species

 

R squared

P value

Slope

B. pubescens

0.242

  

 Age

 

0.002

-

 Distance

 

0.576

+

S. lanata

0.134

  

 Age

 

0.552

-

 Distance

 

0.026

-

S. phylicifolia

0.094

  

 Age

 

0.211

-

 Distance

 

0.146

-

  1. The slope of the correlation of individual factors is the sign of the term in the regression equation