Effects of environmental characteristics on the diversity of the taxon Silphidae.

<p>Relationship between Shannon’s diversity of the taxon Silphidae and <b>a</b> region and <b>b</b> mean ambient temperature. Relationship between Simpson’s dominance of the taxon Silphidae and <b>c</b> region, <b>d</b> fine silt content, <b>e</b> mean ambient temperature, and <b>f</b> soil type (n = number of plots per soil type). Observed values (circles) and predicted values (connected by a line) for the Gaussian-GLMM model (<b>b</b>: deviance = 19.66, P = 0.001) and for gamma-GLMM models (<b>d</b> & <b>e</b>: deviance = 40.57, P < 0.001). <b>a</b>: box plot showing the median, the 75% percentile, the 25% percentile, the highest non-extreme value and the smallest non-extreme value inside a category (Gaussian-GLMM, deviance = 11.11, P = 0.011; Tukey tests, *P < 0.05), <b>c</b>: box plot showing the median, the 75% percentile, the 25% percentile, the highest non-extreme value and the smallest non-extreme value inside a category (gamma-GLMM, deviance = 25.15, P < 0.001; Tukey tests, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001), and <b>f</b>: box plot showing the median, the 75% percentile, the 25% percentile, the highest non-extreme value, the smallest non-extreme value, and the extreme values inside a category (gamma-GLMM, deviance = 40.57, P < 0.001; Tukey tests, P > 0.05).