Regression

Variable

Moss Species

Type

HOF Model Parameters

R2

P-value

Max. of Model III at:

a

b

c

d

DTW

BT

III

3.47

−10.85

2.15

0.82

0.002

0.59 to 25 m*

DP

IV

−6.26

7.24

4.87

0.98

0.000

4.11 m

HS

IV

−1.96

4.26

3.76

0.20

0.266

1.91 m

PC

IV

2.49

−1.22

0.61

0.023

4.47 m

PS

IV

−5.37

5.44

3.35

0.99

0.000

5.31 m

SF

III

−1.1

5.65

0.83

0.9

0.000

0.01 to 0.02 m*

SG

III

−6.67

11

−0.1

0.99

0.000

0.01 m

Slope

BT

III

1.46

−53.4

2.11

0.16

0.433

3.2 to 47%*

DP

V

0.33

1.31

1.09

26.55

0.69

0.041

8.0%

HS

V

1.6

2.81

2.92

57.89

0.77

0.021

4.9%

PC

IV

−0.97

4.13

1.62

0.19

0.393

14.7%

PS

IV

−3.57

5.86

1.2

0.63

0.060

19.2%

SF

II

1.57

21.31

0.94

0.001

0.0%

SG

II

−0.21

13.07

0.97

0.000

0.0%

Canopy Closure

BT

IV

−3.87

6.06

4.61

0.85

0.003

70%

DP

V

−1.56

2.96

2.14

7.21

0.64

0.031

49%

HS

V

−16.39

18.91

4.19

3.54

0.74

0.013

78%

PC

IV

−1.59

3.69

2

0.41

0.112

49%

PS

IV

−3.85

4.81

1.72

0.49

0.079

58%

SF

V

1.05

6.86

0.87

46.66

0.15

0.385

6%

SG

II

0.22

1.55

0.95

0.000

0%

Litter Depth

BT

V

1.38

6.44

1.17

100

0.84

0.004

0.5 cm

DP

V

−0.17

6.78

1.14

100

0.84

0.004

0.6 cm

HS

V

1.56

7.19

1.06

100

0.53

0.064

0.5 cm

PC

IV

−1.25

12.57

1.64

0.86

0.003

1.5 cm

PS

V

−1.06

9.79

0.91

100

0.92

0.001

0.6 cm

SF

II

2.11

11.85

0.66

0.026

0.0 cm

SG

II

0.01

14.26

0.87

0.002

0.0 cm