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. 2008 Jan;178(1):351–361. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.073346

TABLE 2.

Effects of life-history and ecological variables on mtDNA diversity

No phylogenetic control
Taxonomic controla
PVRb
N Slope r2 P-value r2 P-value r2 P-value
Body mass 107 −0.0049 0.0566 0.0136 0.0165 0.1877 0.0273 0.0802
Sexual maturity 59 −0.0181 0.1252 0.0059 0.0185 0.3050 0.0018 0.6676
Reproduction 71 −0.0318 0.0334 0.1271
Longevity 53 −0.0289 0.1260 0.0091 0.0650 0.0655 0.05 0.0841
Fecundity 87 0.0178 0.0080 0.4105
Biogeography 138 0.1154 0.0504
Diet 107 0.1947 0.0005 0.0533 0.4641 0.0894 0.1033
Geographic range 117 0.0446 0.1590
Habitat 108 0.0010 0.7927
Way of life 112 0.1058 0.0346 0.0616 0.2335 0.0896 0.0703
Mating system 71 0.0453 0.2064
Migrant 94 0.0020 0.6629
Environment 111 0.0065 0.4014
Threatened status 138 0.0277 0.8119

P-values less than the 0.05 threshold are in italics.

a

Residuals of nested ANOVA on taxonomy.

b

Phylogenetic eigenvector regression control.