Table 5 Characteristics of the MLR models for the relationship between the log-transformed (ln) HM contents and N concentrations in mosses and the predictors

Axis intercept (intercept)

 MossSpecies::Hypcup

− 4.1259***

2.1396***

− 2.8503***

− 0.6498***

− 1.0461***

3.2543***

1.4662***

 MossSpecies::Plesch

− 4.5237***

2.2703***

− 2.9865*

− 1.0266***

− 1.2981***

3.2504

1.3841

 MossSpecies::Psepur

− 4.1519

2.3067***

− 3.0545***

− 1.1412***

− 1.398***

3.569***

1.68***

Slope (slope)

 agr5

1.0823*

 agr10

− 1.4968**

 agr75

− 0.8641***

− 5.2626***

 agr100

4.7779***

 agr150

− 2.8215**

− 0.7759**

 agr200

5.0957***

 agr300

3.8929***

 CDistSea

− 0.0402**

 DistTreeCrownsAverage

− 0.0042**

− 0.0078***

 DistTreeCrownsMax

− 0.0078***

 for5

1.379**

0.3196***

 for10

− 1.6679***

0.9194**

− 0.5501***

 for25

− 1.6428***

 for50

− 1.56***

 for75

− 4.8525***

 for100

6.0917***

3.7169***

 for200

− 2.3588***

 For250

− 5.6749*

− 1.135***

− 5.5923***

 for300

4.8276*

− 1.4352***

5.0524**

 LAI

0.0332***

 LAI2

0.0315**

0.0346***

 LE_all_N

0.0016***

 LE_all_NH4

− 0.0017***

 pegwind_1

0.1112**

 popdens100

0.0017***

0.0014***

 popdens5

− 0.0003*

− 0.0003**

 popdens50

0.0007***

0.0004***

 pre1315_gk

0.0005***

0.0009***

 pre90 days

− 0.0068***

 ShrubCoverage

− 0.0046**

 SlopeGradient

0.0078**

 TreeCoverage

− 0.004*

 TreeShrubCoverage

0.0067**

0.0028**

 TsLayerHeightAverage

0.0082**

0.0114***

 TsLayerHeightMin

0.0085**

0.0117***

 urb1

0.9271**

 urb10

1.5446**

 urb25

2.575***

− 1.2321**

 urb150

− 4.7086*

Model quality indices

 DF

369

381

385

393

386

379

386

 RSE

0.4285

0.289

0.4383

0.4849

0.4797

0.2863

0.3451

 R²

0.36

0.38

0.21

0.32

0.32

0.36

0.42

 adjR2

0.33

0.37

0.19

0.31

0.31

0.35

0.40