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Table 3 Phylogenetic signal in ecological traits and edaphic preferences

From: The phylogenetic signal of species co-occurrence in high-diversity shrublands: different patterns for fire-killed and fire-resistant species

 

Test statistic

p(labile)

p(Brownian)

Ecological traits

   

height

λ = 0.98(0.94,1)

0(0,0)

0.25(0,1)

seed size

λ = 0.96(0.84,1)

0(0,0)

0.07(0,1)

regeneration mode

D = 0.9(0.57,1.16)

0.35(0.09, 0.68)

0.02(0.001, 0.11)

flowering period length

λ = 0.0001(0.0001,1)

1,(0.009,1)

0.004(0,1)

Soil preferences

   

calcium

λ = 0.0001(0.0001,0.98)

1,(0.15,1)

0.008(0,1)

potassium

λ = 0(0,0)

1,(1,1)

0(0,0.01)

phosphorus

λ = 0.0001(0.0001,09)

1,(0.06,1)

0.0001(0,0.16)

nitrate

λ = 0(0,0)

1,(1,1)

0(0,0.004)

pH

λ = 0(0,0)

1,(1,1)

0(0,0)

organic matter

λ = 0.99(0.0001,1)

0.001,(0,1)

1(0.002,1)

silicon

λ = 0(0,0)

1,(1,1)

0(0,0.03)

  1. For regeneration mode the test statistic is D, for all other variables the test statistic is λ. Values shown are medians (with 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles) from 1000 trees sampled from the Bayesian posterior distribution.
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