Table 2 Candidate linear mixed effect models predicting the main effects of seasonal flood disturbance (Seasonality), type of grasslands (Field), and topographical conditions (Gradient) on growth stages of population (adults and seedling) and population-related ecological processes (seed bank and predation) based on most suitable error distribution and link function (linear mixed effects model—lme)
From: Abiotic drivers shape seed inputs and outputs in a tropical wetland on Croton trinitatis population
Response variable | Model | df | LL | AICc | ∆AIC | AICcWt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult plants |  ~ Field* | 4 | − 607.1 | 1222.3 | 0.00 | 0.74 |
|  |  ~ Seasonality* | 6 | − 606.5 | 1225.2 | 2.93 | 0.17 |
|  |  ~ Gradient | 5 | − 608.3 | 1226.7 | 4.37 | 0.08 |
Seedling |  ~ Seasonality* | 6 | − 462.8 | 937.9 | 0.00 | 0.58 |
|  |  ~ Gradient* | 5 | − 464.4 | 938.9 | 1.00 | 0.35 |
|  |  ~ Field | 4 | − 467.1 | 942.5 | 4.57 | 0.06 |
Seed bank |  ~ Seasonality* | 6 | − 582.1 | 1176.4 | 0.00 | 0.92 |
|  |  ~ Gradient | 5 | − 585.6 | 1181.5 | 5.08 | 0.07 |
|  |  ~ Field | 4 | − 593.9 | 1196.0 | 19.6 | 0.001 |
Seeds predation |  ~ Field* | 4 | − 537.5 | 1083.2 | 0.00 | 0.99 |
|  |  ~ Seasonality | 6 | − 543.2 | 1098.7 | 15.49 | 0.00 |
|  |  ~ Gradient | 5 | − 544.3 | 1098.8 | 15.60 | 0.00 |