What makes a successful species? Traits facilitating survival in altered tropical forests

BMC Ecology

Table 2 Distribution pattern and life history traits

Trait	General n = 243		D n = 33		SD n = 108		NR n = 83		I n = 19
Trait	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
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Range size (km²)^a	1,795,153 ± 2,784,023	6.17–12,217,676	1,511,311 ± 2,996,433	14.67–12,217,676	1,086,942 ± 2,069,589	6.17–10,932,823	2,850,720 ± 3,163,102	21.62–11,045,631	1,702,603 ± 2,983,042	305.09–10,419,167
Elevational range (m)^a	1217.60 ± 591.78	1–3100	994.04 ± 582.89	72–3000	1123.0 ± 557.65	1–2500	1446.33 ± 561.84	400–3002	1144.46 ± 652.31	20–3100
SVL males (mm)^a	47.13 ± 30.25	10.5–187	45.83 ± 26.96	18.4–146	45.90 ± 31.85	10.5–180	50.34 ± 31.29	17.0–187	42.44 ± 21.00	20.0–81
SVL females (mm)^a	56.37 ± 34.04	18–287	63.06 ± 40.50	24–228.9	50.80 ± 26.95	18–185.0	61.99 ± 40.10	18–287.0	51.90 ± 24.22	23–94.0
Sexual dimorphism^a	0.86 ± 0.26	0.09–3.19	0.79 ± 0.29	0.09–2.03	0.90 ± 0.31	0.25–3.19	0.83 ± 0.18	0.49–1.99	0.84 ± 0.19	0.41–1.29
Clutch size^b	1609.62 ± 5186.19	4–40,000	1296.36 ± 3701.47	10–17,000	748.99 ± 1158.77	6–5018	2578.56 ± 7423.93	7–40,000	584.08 ± 823.73	4–2500

Given are the respective mean, standard deviation (sd), and range in general, and for each dependency index separately (a) and comparisons of traits between species of different forest dependency indices using the Kruskal–Wallis test and a pairwise Wilcox test with fdr correction as posthoc (b); forest dependency index: D = dependent (n = 33), SD = slightly dependent (n = 108), NR = non-responding (n = 83), I = forest independent (n = 19)
^aIncorporate calculated dummy variables (see “Methods”)
^bOnly measured values and therewith differing sample sizes: general = 152, D = 22, SD = 52, NR = 66, I = 12; compare Figs. 2 and 3

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