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Table 6 Results of the relative variable importance from the model.avg function of the MuMin package (Barton and Barton 2019) for model selection for the general lineal models performed for each landscape metric. Variables are marked with asterisks in the selected model. Variables code: crop cover (1), forest cover (2), forest increase = FI (3), latitude (4), longitude (5), elevation (6), grassland/shrubland cover (7), crop cover: FI (8), forest cover: FI (9), latitude: FI (10), longitude: FI (11), elevation: FI (12), grassland/shrubland cover: FI (13)

From: Changes in forest landscape patterns resulting from recent afforestation in Europe (1990–2012): defragmentation of pre-existing forest versus new patch proliferation

Variable code:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Largest patch size model

  Importance:

0.49

1.00*

1.00*

0.39*

0.43*

0.38

0.38

0.30

1.00*

0.15

0.13

0.12

0.15

  Containing models:

518

518*

729*

518*

518*

518

518

248

234*

243

243

243

243

Effective mesh size model

  Importance:

0.48

1.00

1.00

1.00

0.96

0.35

0.36

0.21

1.00*

1.00*

0.82*

0.11

0.11

  Containing models:

518

518

729

518

518

518

518

243

243*

243*

243*

243

243

Mean patch area model

  Importance:

0.45

1.00*

1.00*

0.36

0.94*

0.40

0.41

0.19

1.00*

0.11

0.35

0.18

0.18

  Containing models:

518

518*

729*

518

518*

518

518

243

243*

243

243

243

243

Total edge model

  Importance:

0.69*

1.00*

1.00*

1.00*

1.00*

0.99*

0.65*

0.20

1.00*

1.00*

0.98*

0.99*

0.17

  Containing models:

518*

518*

729*

518*

518*

518*

518*

243

243*

243*

243*

243*

243

Number of patches model

  Importance:

1.00*

1.00*

1.00*

0.56*

1.00*

0.98*

1.00*

0.32

1.00*

0.39*

0.30

0.84*

0.30

  Containing models:

518*

518*

729*

518*

518*

518*

518*

243

243*

243*

243

243*

243

Euclidean nearest neighbour distance model

  Importance:

056

0.37

0.76*

0.47

0.97*

0.35

0.34

0.14

0.09

0.11

0.57*

0.08

0.07

  Containing models:

518

518

729*

518

518*

518

518

243

243

243

243*

243

243

Percentage of like adjacencies model

  Importance:

1.00*

0.53

1.00*

1.00*

0.78*

0.53

0.84*

0.94*

0.18

0.37

0.24

0.34

0.29

  Containing models:

518*

518

729*

518*

518*

518

518*

243*

243

243

243

243

243

Shannon diversity index model

  Importance:

0.98*

0.42

0.82

1.00*

0.44

0.96*

0.83*

0.30

0.11

0.24

0.24

0.27

0.30

  Containing models:

518*

518

729

518*

518

518*

518*

243

243

243

243

243

243

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Annals of Forest Science

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