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Table 7 Plausible models (ΔAICc) explaining temperature sensitivity of decomposition (Q-10) on day 1 of the incubation period

From: Temperature sensitivity of mineral soil carbon decomposition in shrub and graminoid tundra, west Greenland

Model

Rank

Predictor Variables

No. of Parameters

AICc

ΔAICc

AICc Model Weight

Log-Likelihood

1

Temp + Veg + Depth +

Depth:Temp + Veg:Depth + Temp:Veg +

Depth:Temp:Veg

9

31.3

0

0.419

-5.99

2

Temp + Veg + Depth + Moisture

Depth:Temp + Veg:Depth + Temp:Veg +

Veg:Depth:Temp

10

32.4

1.09

0.243

-5.38

  1. Models that contain all four main effects (temperature (Temp), vegetation type (Veg), moisture level (Moisture), depth (Depth)), a moisture-vegetation interaction (Moisture:Veg), and a vegetation-depth interaction (Veg:Depth) are preferred