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. 2007 Jul 25;274(1624):2429–2436. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0693

Table 2.

Minimum adequate models identified for each taxon.

taxon factors d.f. F p r2
primates activity 1,32 12.74 0.001 0.83
diet 3,32 15.91 <0.001
social 3,32 7.65 0.001
strata 2,32 4.60 0.02
carnivores social 3,81 5.29 0.002 0.25
strata 1,81 16.30 <0.001
ungulates social 3,61 4.51 0.006 0.30
diet 4,61 4.11 0.005
taxon model factors categories lambda AIC d.f. F p
primates 1 social 0.78 −80.61 3,35 7.64 0.0005
diet 3,35 3.65 0.02
2 activity diurnal, cathemeral, nocturnal 0.82 −61.67 2,39 4.197 0.02
3 strata arboreal, terrestrial 0.92 −54.34 2,39 0.31 0.74
4 habitat open, closed, mixed 0.92 −53.90 2,39 0.15 0.86
5 diet folivore, folivore–frugivore, frugivore, omnivore 0.95 −67.10 3,38 5.25 0.004
6 social solitary, pair, harem, multimale 0.89 −74.14 3,38 8.164 0.0003
carnivores 1 social 0.43 −127.43 3,81 3.54 0.018
strata 1,81 17.27 0.0001
2 activity diurnal, cathemeral, nocturnal 0.09 −108.55 2,83 0.43 0.65
3 strata semi-arboreal, terrestrial 0.20 −124.83 1,84 16.10 0.0001
4 habitat open, closed, mixed 0.26 −109.76 3,82 1.45 0.234
5 diet vegetarian, mixed-vegetarian, mixed-invertebrates, mixed-small vertebrates, large vertebrates 0.07 −117.60 4,81 3.39 0.013
6 social solitary, pair, harem, multimale 0.0 −112.71 3,82 2.90 0.04
ungulates 1 social 0.76 −122.83 3,61 3.00 0.04
diet 4,61 2.46 0.05
2 habitat open, closed, mixed 0.69 −119.06 2,66 3.87 0.03
3 diet grazer, grazer/browser, browser, browser/frugivore, omnivore 0.67 −118.86 4,64 2.74 0.04
4 social solitary, pair, harem, multimale 0.71 −119.43 3,65 3.42 0.02