Estimates of the regression parameters from the best fit models for the field survey.

Significance codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1.The intercept (α from equation 1) represents the baseline scenario of coastal location, CSS vegetation, and average soil moisture. The subsequent coefficients (β's from equation 1) represent change in the intercept relative to the baseline. The moisture coefficients represent responses to deviations from the mean value. The first row lists the estimates of fixed effects from the best fit GLMM for all species combined. The subsequent rows list the best GLMM for each species separately. The dash indicates a factor that was not included in the best-fit model.