Table 5. Generalised linear mixed model results of ant mire specialists, generalists and forest species. Model estimates, standard errors (SE) and p-values of terms retained in the models are given. Treatment, Sphagnum cover, hummock cover and number of trees (> 3 m) were a priori chosen as important environmental variables for the ant occurrences and were retained in all final models. Other variables were subject to model selection and their values are only given when they remained in the final model. Statistically significant p-values (< 0.05) are in bold. The intercept represents prediction in the pristine mire treatment. Est. = Estimate. * = mire specialist species, ** = generalist species, *** = forest species, all according to our a priori evaluations.
Species   Intercept Drained Restored Sphagnum Hummock Trees > 3 m Low dwarf shrubs Tall dwarf shrubs Annual plants Litter Dead trees
Formica picea* Est. –0.071 –3.913 –6.032 0.469 0.610 –1.855          
SE 1.859 2.514 1.894 0.787 0.645 1.762
p 0.970 0.120 0.001 0.551 0.345 0.292
Formica uralensis* Est. –2.066 0.946 –0.630 –0.668 0.007 –0.769          
SE 0.718 1.166 0.947 0.406 0.407 0.476
p 0.004 0.417 0.506 0.100 0.985 0.106
Myrmica scabrinodis* Est. –0.004 1.304 0.887 0.768 –0.055 –1.120 0.461       0.449
SE 0.568 0.873 0.651 0.318 0.274 0.411 0.242 0.236
p 0.995 0.135 0.173 0.016 0.841 0.006 0.057 0.057
Lasius platythorax** Est. –0.743 0.485 1.472 –0.314 0.389 –0.322   –0.410   –0.467  
SE 0.591 0.763 0.607 0.309 0.272 0.267 0.221 0.232
p 0.208 0.525 0.015 0.308 0.153 0.228 0.064 0.044
Formica sanguinea** Est. –1.664 0.111 0.343 0.112 0.056 –0.619          
SE 0.503 0.867 0.582 0.291 0.254 0.468
p < 0.001 0.898 0.555 0.700 0.825 0.186
Leptothorax acervorum** Est. –1.391 –0.754 –0.248 –0.287 0.085 –0.582     –0.527 –0.626  
SE 0.698 0.872 0.631 0.381 0.297 0.503 0.309 0.337
p 0.046 0.387 0.694 0.451 0.775 0.247 0.088 0.063
Myrmica rubra** Est. –2.630 0.923 0.215 0.124 –0.020 –0.064 –0.622        
SE 0.678 1.111 0.815 0.375 0.353 0.375 0.376
p < 0.001 0.406 0.792 0.741 0.955 0.864 0.098
Myrmica ruginodis*** Est. 0.011 2.540 0.679 –0.333 –0.272 0.195 0.541 0.552 0.492    
SE 0.467 0.932 0.586 0.300 0.273 0.387 0.268 0.251 0.242
p 0.982 0.006 0.246 0.267 0.320 0.614 0.043 0.028 0.042
Camponotus herculeanus*** Est. –2.13 2.034 1.414 –0.269 0.087 1.016         –0.473
SE 0.680 0.93 0.759 0.279 0.280 0.411 0.239
p 0.002 0.029 0.062 0.336 0.754 0.014 0.048