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ArticlePlant diversity2024

Evaluating the relative importance of predictors in Generalized Additive Models using the

Jiangshan Lai, Jing Tang, Tingyuan Li, Aiying Zhang, Lingfeng Mao

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Jiangshan LaiCollege of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China.
Jing TangGuangzhou Climate and Agro-meteorology Center, Guangzhou 511430, China.
Tingyuan LiGuangdong Ecological Meteorological Center, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Aiying ZhangCollege of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China.
Lingfeng MaoCollege of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China.

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Abstract

Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) are widely employed in ecological research, serving as a powerful tool for ecologists to explore complex nonlinear relationships between a response variable and predictors. Nevertheless, evaluating the relative importance of predictors with concurvity (analogous to collinearity) on response variables in GAMs remains a challenge. To address this challenge, we developed an R package named

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Average shared varianceCoefficient of determinationCommonality analysisGAMsHierarchical partitioningIndividual R2

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PMCPMC11390626

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