Ecological Archives M077-007-A4

Adam M. Siepielski and Craig W. Benkman. 2007. Convergent patterns in the selection mosaic for two North American bird-dispersed pines. Ecological Monographs 77:203–220.

Appendix D. Mean limber pine cone measurements for sites without and with pine squirrels and ANOVA's comparing differences in cone measurements between areas without and with pine squirrels and several comparisons among sites within regions with and without pine squirrels.

 
Sites without pine squirrels
Sites with pine squirrels
Between regions with pine squirrels
 
Among sites within areas with and without pine squirrels
 
Between areas with and without pine squirrels
 
 
Great Basin
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Trait
EH
RM
SC
SR
TR
WM
HM
OV
AV
PP
RP
WA
F1,178
P
% of total
F11,348
P
% of total
F1,11
P
% of total
Cone length (mm)
79.34
77.91
79.44
81.98
74.95
79.05
86.10
87.34
83.50
88.16
88.04
89.84
0.21
0.649
0.0
1.51
0.134
1.3
42.23
<0.0001
25.4
Cone width (mm)
35.89
36.87
38.03
39.15
37.25
37.86
43.08
46.93
44.28
45.25
46.43
47.46
1.33
0.249
0.4
3.51
<0.0002
2.9
96.19
< 0.0001
63.1
Cone width/ length
0.45
0.48
0.49
0.48
0.50
0.48
0.50
0.54
0.53
0.51
0.53
0.53
0.38
0.537
0.0
2.01
0.031
2.6
25.89
0.0005
21.2
Cone mass (gm)
20.38
24.32
19.93
22.52
18.98
22.30
27.90
29.34
27.31
28.34
30.28
30.66
0.24
0.625
0.0
2.69
0.003
3.1
53.70
<0.0001
42.8
Number of scales
15.28
16.03
14.53
13.85
14.38
13.77
10.68
10.10
10.23
9.85
10.55
11.28
0.17
0.681
0.0
5.41
<0.0001
3.2
118.21
<0.0001
75.4
Distal scale thickness (mm)
1.25
1.27
1.36
1.44
1.48
1.39
2.44
2.71
2.50
2.75
2.75
2.51
0.57
0.451
0.0
3.33
<0.0001
0.9
387.29
<0.0001
86.9
Proximal scale thickness (mm)
1.88
1.89
1.77
2.20
1.91
2.20
3.51
3.61
3.33
3.75
3.63
3.48
0.04
0.847
0.0
3.43
0.0003
1.3
275.43
<0.0001
82.9
Percent reflexed proximal scales
45.95
47.38
38.69
35.15
48.05
42.05
63.32
60.18
59.69
58.62
60.38
58.74
4.37
0.038
2.2
7.68
<0.0001
6.0
60.06
<0.0001
67.3
Peduncle diameter (mm)
6.24
6.74
6.35
5.87
6.39
5.80
7.46
7.94
7.99
7.46
8.33
8.24
4.21
0.042
3.9
4.37
<0.0001
4.2
64.50
<0.0001
58.1
Distance to seed (mm)
8.60
8.96
8.71
9.43
8.85
9.52
11.70
12.68
11.85
12.45
12.18
11.49
0.39
0.534
0.0
1.67
0.086
0.9
160.24
<0.0001
59.1
Total number of seeds
80.53
76.83
68.68
64.02
66.90
68.22
33.15
49.23
49.12
51.32
45.28
58.25
18.71
<0.0001
18.1
10.66
<0.0001
12.5
22.26
0.0008
48.8
Number of full seeds
68.58
64.90
60.27
54.05
55.77
56.32
20.70
35.43
35.03
38.20
33.13
42.87
20.48
<0.0001
19.6
8.29
<0.0001
7.4
45.08
<0.0001
62.0
Number of empty seeds
11.95
11.93
8.42
9.97
11.13
11.90
12.45
13.80
14.08
13.12
12.15
15.38
0.31
0.578
0.0
1.66
0.089
2.0
11.02
0.008
8.3
Seed mass (mg)
79.34
83.08
74.87
85.71
73.98
85.69
93.56
99.37
89.28
100.85
101.32
96.01
0.02
0.889
0.0
2.76
0.003
3.8
32.17
0.0002
31.1
Kernel mass (mg)
44.35
46.10
39.99
44.52
38.80
44.56
44.11
44.48
39.16
47.02
47.01
43.05
0.02
0.890
0.0
2.79
0.002
5.6
0.14
0.718
0.0
Seed coat mass (mg)
34.99
36.99
34.88
41.19
35.19
41.13
49.45
54.89
50.11
53.83
54.31
52.96
0.10
0.755
0.0
1.47
0.148
0.9
97.09
<0.0001
43.6
Seed coat thickness (mm)
0.16
0.18
0.13
0.17
0.13
0.17
0.35
0.34
0.35
0.34
0.36
0.35
0.02
0.899
0.0
7.19
<0.0001
1.6
286.51
<0.0001
90.4
Total seed mass/ cone mass
0.29
0.22
0.24
0.21
0.23
0.22
0.07
0.12
0.11
0.14
0.11
0.14
16.22
<0.0001
16.0
6.21
<0.0001
5.6
57.67
<0.0001
62.5
Mean variation explained (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.0
 
 
3.1
 
 
55.5

† Calculation did not include composite variables.



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