Table 2 Outputs of the full GLMMs relating the effects of COVID-19 confinement measures (alongside covariates) on NDSI, biophony (here, probability of bird calls) and anthropophony (here, probability of engine noise) levels at 08:00 am.

From: A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic

Response variable

Explanatory variable

Estimate

SE

Z value

P value

NDSI

Intercept

0.121

0.243

0.497

0.619

Confinement level 1 vs no measures

0.035

0.012

2.832

0.005**

Confinement level 2 and 3 vs no measures

0.051

0.014

3.535

<0.001***

PCA axis: degree of anthropization

−0.190

0.052

−3.645

<0.001***

Julian day: season

−0.083

0.005

−17.930

<0.001***

Climate: dry vs tropical

0.498

0.366

1.358

0.174

Climate: temperate vs tropical

0.018

0.230

0.077

0.938

Climate: continental vs tropical

0.023

0.276

0.082

0.934

Birds

Intercept

−2.408

0.264

−9.137

<0.001***

Confinement level 1 vs no measures

0.083

0.013

6.191

<0.001***

Confinement level 2 and 3 vs no measures

0.207

0.015

14.074

<0.001***

PCA axis: degree of anthropization

−0.115

0.044

−2.595

0.009**

Julian day: season

−0.131

0.005

−28.449

<0.001***

Climate: dry vs tropical

0.381

0.353

1.079

0.281

Climate: temperate vs tropical

−0.153

0.238

−0.642

0.521

Climate: continental vs tropical

−0.136

0.287

−0.476

0.634

Engine noise

Intercept

−4.844

0.207

−23.445

<0.001***

Confinement level 1 vs no measures

−0.033

0.011

−2.887

0.004**

Confinement level 2 and 3 vs no measures

−0.216

0.014

−15.130

<0.001***

PCA axis: degree of anthropization

0.091

0.049

1.845

0.065

Julian day: season

0.054

0.005

10.839

<0.001***

Climate: dry vs tropical

−0.220

0.351

−0.626

0.531

Climate: temperate vs tropical

0.022

0.220

0.100

0.920

Climate: continental vs tropical

−0.152

0.265

−0.573

0.566

  1. Δ AIC values between the full and the null models are, from top to bottom, 593, 2056 and 1023, thus indicating that the full models were more informative than the null ones. SE: standard error of the estimate. ***P < 0.001, **P <0.010, *P < 0.050. Confinement level 1 calls for “recommended not to leave home” and Confinement level 2 and 3 calls for “not allowed to leave home”.