Appendix to "Uncovering Amazonia: how statistics dismantled a myth" - November 2024 volume 21 issue 5

Table 2.a Summary of estimation for the model for regression of earthwork presence probability on species abundance

(Response here is the count of each species at the different locations.)

Species	Parameter estimate	2.5% quantile	97.5% quantile
Acioa_edulis	-1.09	-1.35	-0.83
Acioa_longipendula	-0.1	-0.17	-0.03
Acrocomia_aculeata	0.63	0.3	0.98
Alibertia_edulis	0.18	0.01	0.36
Anacardium_occidentale	0.2	-0.35	0.78
Anadenanthera_peregrina	0.16	-0.75	1.19
Annona_montana	0.65	0.34	0.97
Astrocaryum_aculeatum	0.29	0.21	0.37
Astrocaryum_chambira	-0.33	-0.42	-0.24
Astrocaryum_murumuru	0.73	0.7	0.76
Astrocaryum_vulgare	0.36	-0.1	0.85
Attalea_maripa	0.05	0	0.1
Attalea_phalerata	1.45	1.4	1.5
Bactris_gasipaes	1.72	1.33	2.13
Bertholletia_excelsa	0.77	0.68	0.86
Bixa_orellana	0.53	0.38	0.69
Brosimum_alicastrum	1.25	1.13	1.36
Byrsonima_crassifolia	0.1	-0.71	1
Campomanesia_lineatifolia	0.36	-0.14	0.9
Campsiandra_comosa	0	-0.07	0.07
Caryocar_brasiliense	0.51	-1.31	2.8
Caryocar_glabrum	-0.42	-0.47	-0.36
Caryocar_nuciferum	-0.75	-1.07	-0.42
Caryocar_villosum	-0.05	-0.17	0.08
Caryodendron_orinocense	0.09	-0.05	0.24
Cassia_leiandra	0.95	0.72	1.18
Chrysophyllum_venezuelanense	0.73	0.62	0.85
Couepia_bracteosa	-0.2	-0.3	-0.09
Couepia_subcordata	-0.67	-0.96	-0.37
Couma_utilis	-0.35	-0.47	-0.22
Deguelia_utilis	0.7	0.3	1.13
Dipteryx_odorata	0.11	0.04	0.19
Erisma_japura	-1.7	-1.89	-1.53
Eugenia_stipitata	0.4	-0.46	1.34
Eugenia_uniflora	1.78	1.18	2.43
Euterpe_oleracea	0.33	0.3	0.35
Euterpe_precatoria	0.32	0.29	0.34
Garcinia_brasiliensis	0.57	0.44	0.7
Garcinia_macrophylla	0.19	0.12	0.26
Genipa_americana	0.58	0.45	0.72
Grias_neuberthii	-0.26	-0.35	-0.18
Grias_peruviana	-0.51	-0.87	-0.13
Hevea_brasiliensis	0	-0.03	0.04
Hymenaea_courbaril	0.39	0.31	0.47
Ilex_guayusa	-1.46	-3.34	0.09
Inga_cinnamomea	0.11	0	0.23
Inga_edulis	0.53	0.45	0.61
Inga_laurina	0.44	0.3	0.57
Inga_macrophylla	0.1	-0.05	0.26
Lecythis_pisonis	0.1	0	0.2
Macoubea_guianensis	-0.54	-0.68	-0.39
Manilkara_elata	-0.14	-0.2	-0.07
Matisia_cordata	1.51	1.41	1.61
Mauritia_flexuosa	-0.14	-0.18	-0.11
Myroxylon_balsamum	1.32	1.14	1.51
Oenocarpus_bacaba	-0.12	-0.13	-0.1
Oenocarpus_bataua	-0.28	-0.3	-0.26
Oenocarpus_distichus	0.72	0.59	0.85
Phytelephas_macrocarpa	0.31	-0.76	1.53
Platonia_insignis	0	-0.17	0.17
Poraqueiba_paraensis	-1.99	-3.09	-1.18
Poraqueiba_sericea	-1.08	-1.33	-0.82
Pourouma_cecropiifolia	0.84	0.76	0.92
Pouteria_caimito	0.16	0.11	0.2
Pouteria_lucuma	-0.23	-0.98	0.62
Pouteria_macrocarpa	-0.07	-0.27	0.13
Pouteria_macrophylla	0.36	0.3	0.42
Pouteria_multiflora	0.12	0.01	0.23
Psidium_acutangulum	-0.13	-0.29	0.04
Psidium_guineense	0.63	-0.51	1.91
Spondias_mombin	0.42	0.37	0.47
Sterculia_excelsa	0.16	0.09	0.23
Talisia_esculenta	0.98	0.57	1.4
Theobroma_bicolor	-0.34	-0.85	0.21
Theobroma_cacao	1.4	1.35	1.45
Theobroma_grandiflorum	0.36	0.18	0.55
Theobroma_speciosum	0.7	0.65	0.75
Theobroma_subincanum	-0.17	-0.2	-0.13
Trema_micrantha	1.29	1	1.6

Table 2.b Summary of estimation for the model for regression of earthwork presence probability on species occurrence

(Response here is the indicator of presence of each species at the different locations.)

Species	Parameter estimate	2.5% quantile	97.5% quantile
Acioa_edulis	-0.56	-1.1	0.02
Acioa_longipendula	-0.56	-0.73	-0.39
Acrocomia_aculeata	1.1	0.14	2.17
Alibertia_edulis	0.25	-0.12	0.62
Anacardium_occidentale	0.22	-0.55	1.06
Anadenanthera_peregrina	0.16	-1.09	1.65
Annona_montana	0.43	0.07	0.82
Astrocaryum_aculeatum	0.43	0.24	0.62
Astrocaryum_chambira	-0.64	-0.85	-0.43
Astrocaryum_murumuru	0.6	0.46	0.75
Astrocaryum_vulgare	0.51	-0.3	1.39
Attalea_maripa	0.25	0.12	0.38
Attalea_phalerata	1.19	0.94	1.44
Bactris_gasipaes	1.6	1.07	2.19
Bertholletia_excelsa	1.11	0.93	1.31
Bixa_orellana	0.65	0.35	0.97
Brosimum_alicastrum	1.34	1.09	1.61
Byrsonima_crassifolia	0.1	-0.72	1
Campomanesia_lineatifolia	0.47	-0.19	1.18
Campsiandra_comosa	0.23	0.01	0.45
Caryocar_brasiliense	0.51	-1.31	2.81
Caryocar_glabrum	-0.59	-0.71	-0.48
Caryocar_nuciferum	-0.8	-1.26	-0.32
Caryocar_villosum	-0.14	-0.32	0.03
Caryodendron_orinocense	0.15	-0.16	0.47
Cassia_leiandra	0.91	0.48	1.36
Chrysophyllum_venezuelanense	0.52	0.32	0.72
Couepia_bracteosa	-0.35	-0.51	-0.19
Couepia_subcordata	-0.71	-1.21	-0.18
Couma_utilis	-0.4	-0.64	-0.15
Deguelia_utilis	0.72	0.18	1.29
Dipteryx_odorata	-0.03	-0.15	0.1
Erisma_japura	-1.94	-2.75	-1.3
Eugenia_stipitata	-0.06	-1.05	1.09
Eugenia_uniflora	1.58	0.8	2.46
Euterpe_oleracea	0.4	0.22	0.58
Euterpe_precatoria	0.08	-0.02	0.18
Garcinia_brasiliensis	0.51	0.23	0.8
Garcinia_macrophylla	0.24	0.11	0.37
Genipa_americana	0.58	0.33	0.82
Grias_neuberthii	-0.44	-0.71	-0.16
Grias_peruviana	-0.5	-1.08	0.12
Hevea_brasiliensis	0.64	0.51	0.77
Hymenaea_courbaril	0.25	0.11	0.4
Ilex_guayusa	-1.47	-3.39	0.08
Inga_cinnamomea	0.02	-0.19	0.23
Inga_edulis	0.58	0.41	0.76
Inga_laurina	0.34	0.12	0.57
Inga_macrophylla	0.2	-0.02	0.43
Lecythis_pisonis	0.04	-0.11	0.2
Macoubea_guianensis	-0.43	-0.64	-0.22
Manilkara_elata	-0.14	-0.27	-0.01
Matisia_cordata	1.13	0.83	1.45
Mauritia_flexuosa	-0.22	-0.39	-0.05
Myroxylon_balsamum	1.35	1.05	1.67
Oenocarpus_bacaba	-0.43	-0.54	-0.33
Oenocarpus_bataua	-0.28	-0.39	-0.18
Oenocarpus_distichus	0.7	0.46	0.95
Phytelephas_macrocarpa	0.31	-0.76	1.54
Platonia_insignis	-0.28	-0.51	-0.04
Poraqueiba_paraensis	-2.15	-3.65	-1.13
Poraqueiba_sericea	-0.98	-1.35	-0.62
Pourouma_cecropiifolia	0.65	0.48	0.82
Pouteria_caimito	0.32	0.21	0.44
Pouteria_lucuma	-0.27	-1.42	1.11
Pouteria_macrocarpa	0.08	-0.3	0.47
Pouteria_macrophylla	0.48	0.33	0.64
Pouteria_multiflora	-0.1	-0.3	0.1
Psidium_acutangulum	0.59	0.23	0.96
Psidium_guineense	0.29	-1	1.8
Spondias_mombin	0.7	0.56	0.84
Sterculia_excelsa	0.04	-0.09	0.18
Talisia_esculenta	1.08	0.39	1.83
Theobroma_bicolor	-0.44	-1.24	0.47
Theobroma_cacao	0.83	0.66	1.01
Theobroma_grandiflorum	0.4	0.13	0.68
Theobroma_speciosum	0.65	0.51	0.8
Theobroma_subincanum	-0.38	-0.49	-0.28
Trema_micrantha	0.99	0.56	1.45

Appendix to “Uncovering Amazonia: how statistics dismantled a myth” – November 2024 volume 21 issue 5