Blow me down: A new perspective on Aloe dichotoma mortality from windthrow

BMC Ecology

Table 6 Logistic model results

Independent variable	Odds ratio	Std. Err.	z	p	95% conf. interval
Basal circumference	1.21	0.08	2.79	0.005	[1.06; 1.39]
PwarmQ	3.90	0.70	7.63	<0.001	[2.75; 5.53]
Ave. of the 5 windiest days	2.59	0.50	4.92	<0.001	[1.77; 3.79]
Pwarmq*Ave. of the 5 windiest days	3.85	0.90	5.73	<0.001	[2.43; 6.10]
Leptosols	4.86	1.54	4.99	<0.001	[2.61; 9.04]
Regosols	0.67	0.13	−2.06	0.039	[0.46; 0.98]
Constant	0.21	0.05	−6.39	<0.001	[0.13; 0.34]

The logistic model included continuous and categorical environmental variables, and illustrates the influence of main and interactive effects on windthrown mortality.

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