Posterior median species richness (estimated number of species at a given site of the 56 species we analyzed), shown with 95% credible intervals (error bars) and linear relationship (blue line), as a function of canopy density (vegetation from 20 to 30 m) at 156 points in coastal forests of eastern North Carolina, USA (2013–2015).

Posterior median species richness (estimated number of species at a given site of the 56 species we analyzed), shown with 95% credible intervals (error bars) and linear relationship (blue line), as a function of canopy density (vegetation from 20 to 30 m) at 156 points in coastal forests of eastern North Carolina, USA (2013–2015).