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Table 9 Ordinal linear model of other waterbird richness

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

Independent variable

Effect

df

Chi-Square

 P

Slope

0.16

1

4.33

0.0375

Month

 

11

16.12

0.1366

Year

 

3

19.28

0.0002

Sqrt(% algal wrack)

0.29

1

12.11

0.0005

Sqrt(Distance to estuary)

−0.02

1

21.98

<.0001

Sqrt(Human activity)

−0.12

1

8.10

0.0044

Tide

0.21

1

1.92

0.1657

Month*Tide

 

11

17.25

0.1007

Tide*Slope

0.06

1

1.81

0.1783

# observers

 

1

5.65

0.0175

G

 

1

4.19

0.0406

W

 

1

9.61

0.0019

F

 

1

3.50

0.0614

K

 

1

0.80

0.3714

T

 

1

9.68

0.0019

N

 

1

7.98

0.0047

C

 

1

16.90

<.0001

B

 

1

0.05

0.825

  1. R-square = 0.26, ChiSquare = 238.2 DF = 40, P <.0001. Estuary refers to the inverse of the shortest distance from the transect to an estuary. Letter codes refer to observers. Effect sign is negative to that given in statistical output to indicate the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable as in a General Linear Model.