## Full model: ltvlmer
#  lme4 

Linear mixed model fit by REML 
Formula: log(TotVolha + 10) ~ SDI * Dq * SpH + Standage + (1 | Site/Block/Spacing) 
   Data: temp2 
    AIC    BIC logLik deviance REMLdev
 -545.6 -500.3  285.8   -767.5  -571.6
Random effects:
 Groups               Name        Variance   Std.Dev. 
 Spacing:(Block:Site) (Intercept) 2.1623e-03 0.0465009
 Block:Site           (Intercept) 0.0000e+00 0.0000000
 Site                 (Intercept) 5.5504e-05 0.0074501
 Residual                         1.8508e-03 0.0430206
Number of obs: 240, groups: Spacing:(Block:Site), 30; Block:Site, 6; Site, 3

Fixed effects:
              Estimate Std. Error t value
(Intercept)  1.960e+00  2.219e-02   88.34
SDI          7.097e-03  2.972e-04   23.88
Dq           5.454e-02  2.050e-03   26.61
SpH          4.828e-05  6.566e-06    7.35
Standage     1.242e-02  8.680e-04   14.32
SDI:Dq      -9.330e-05  7.840e-06  -11.90
SDI:SpH      2.031e-07  2.108e-08    9.63
Dq:SpH      -7.105e-05  5.782e-06  -12.29
SDI:Dq:SpH  -4.514e-08  2.281e-09  -19.79

## Full model: ltvlme
# nlme 

Linear mixed-effects model fit by REML
  Data: gtemp2 
  Log-restricted-likelihood: 285.7787
  Fixed: log(TotVolha + 10) ~ SDI * Dq * SpH + Standage 
  (Intercept)           SDI            Dq           SpH      Standage        SDI:Dq       SDI:SpH        Dq:SpH    SDI:Dq:SpH 
 1.960071e+00  7.097303e-03  5.453818e-02  4.828113e-05  1.242492e-02 -9.330051e-05  2.031427e-07 -7.105079e-05 -4.514305e-08 

Random effects:
 Formula: ~1 | Site
        (Intercept)
StdDev: 0.007450133

 Formula: ~1 | Block %in% Site
         (Intercept)
StdDev: 8.819877e-07

 Formula: ~1 | Spacing %in% Block %in% Site
        (Intercept)   Residual
StdDev:  0.04650086 0.04302057

Number of Observations: 240
Number of Groups: 
                        Site              Block %in% Site Spacing %in% Block %in% Site 
                           3                            6                           30 
## Reduced model: ltvlmer.R
# from lme4

Linear mixed model fit by REML 
Formula: log(TotVolha + 10) ~ SDI * Dq * SpH + Standage + (1 | Site) +      (1 | Site:Spacing) 
   Data: temp2 
    AIC    BIC logLik deviance REMLdev
 -552.4 -510.6  288.2   -771.2  -576.4
Random effects:
 Groups       Name        Variance   Std.Dev.  
 Site:Spacing (Intercept) 3.0910e-03 5.5596e-02
 Site         (Intercept) 2.0443e-14 1.4298e-07
 Residual                 1.9970e-03 4.4688e-02
Number of obs: 240, groups: Site:Spacing, 15; Site, 3

Fixed effects:
              Estimate Std. Error t value
(Intercept)  1.973e+00  2.661e-02   74.14
SDI          7.133e-03  3.072e-04   23.22
Dq           5.631e-02  2.115e-03   26.63
SpH          4.125e-05  6.882e-06    5.99
Standage     1.297e-02  8.515e-04   15.23
SDI:Dq      -9.863e-05  7.946e-06  -12.41
SDI:SpH      2.097e-07  2.225e-08    9.42
Dq:SpH      -7.277e-05  6.016e-06  -12.10
SDI:Dq:SpH  -4.496e-08  2.387e-09  -18.84

## Reduced model: ltvlme.R
#  from nlme 

Linear mixed-effects model fit by REML
  Data: gtemp2 
  Log-restricted-likelihood: 288.1774
  Fixed: log(TotVolha + 10) ~ SDI * Dq * SpH + Standage 
  (Intercept)           SDI            Dq           SpH      Standage        SDI:Dq       SDI:SpH        Dq:SpH    SDI:Dq:SpH 
 1.973098e+00  7.132971e-03  5.631438e-02  4.124882e-05  1.296953e-02 -9.863514e-05  2.096637e-07 -7.276967e-05 -4.496321e-08 

Random effects:
 Formula: ~1 | Site
         (Intercept)
StdDev: 1.149948e-06

 Formula: ~1 | Spacing %in% Site
        (Intercept)   Residual
StdDev:  0.05559358 0.04468806

Number of Observations: 240
Number of Groups: 
             Site Spacing %in% Site 
                3                15