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Table 2 General linear model of Sqrt(bird abundance)

From: Temporal and spatial variation in bird and human use of beaches in southern California

Independent variable

Effect

df

 SS

F Ratio

 P

Intercept

8.34

   

<.0001

Slope

−0.43

1

179.45

9.19

0.0026

Month

 

11

639.89

2.98

0.0008

Year

 

3

118.76

2.03

0.1096

Sqrt(% algal wrack)

0.11

1

9.36

0.48

0.4892

Sqrt(Distance to estuary)

−0.03

1

382.38

19.58

<.0001

Sqrt(Human activity)

−0.14

1

51.75

2.65

0.1044

Tide

0.04

1

0.53

0.03

0.8688

Month*Tide

 

11

661.81

3.08

0.0006

Tide*Slope

−0.05

1

6.00

0.31

0.5796

# observers

 

1

48.02

2.46

0.1177

G

 

1

97.35

4.98

0.0262

W

 

1

87.45

4.48

0.035

F

 

1

59.67

3.06

0.0813

K

 

1

96.38

4.94

0.0269

T

 

1

75.45

3.86

0.0501

N

 

1

19.06

0.98

0.3238

C

 

1

9.27

0.47

0.4913

B

 

1

0.24

0.01

0.9111

  1. R-square = 0.39, F40,379 = 6.06, P <.0001. Estuary refers to the inverse of the shortest distance from the transect to an estuary. Letter codes refer to observers.