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. 2008 Sep 22;8:257. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-257

Table 2.

Local test of support for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (O-U) models of shifts in environmental conditions

Clade sqrt (Altitude) ln (Precipitation) ln (Emberger Index) minimum Temperature maximum Temperature
error = 0

1 0.337/0.662/<0.001 0.097/0.857/0.046 0.149/0.845/0.006 0.062/0.376/0.562 0.165/0.835/<0.001
2 0.107/0.891/0.001 0.876/0.117/0.006 0.842/0.157/0.001 0.141/0.344/0.514 0.161/0.839/<0.001
3 0.157/0.842/0.001 0.565/0.413/0.022 0.895/0.104/<0.001 0.041/0.385/0.574 0.105/0.895/<0.001
4 0.519/0.481/<0.001 0.090/0.864/0.047 0.099/0.894/0.006 0.040/0.385/0.575 0.308/0.692/<0.001
5 0.093/0.906/0.001 0.394/0.575/0.031 0.440/0.556/0.004 0.984/0.006/0.009 0.145/0.855/<0.001

error = estimated squared standard error

1 0.021/0.010/0.970 0.043/0.361/0.596 0.037/0.206/0.757 0.048/0.010/0.942 <0.001/0.006/0.994
2 0.022/0.010/0.968 0.567/0.163/0.270 0.276/0.155/0.570 0.006/0.010/0.984 0.001/0.006/0.993
3 0.011/0.010/0.980 0.179/0.309/0.511 0.180/0.175/0.645 0.002/0.010/0.988 <0.001/0.006/0.994
4 0.134/0.009/0.857 0.038/0.363/0.600 0.023/0.209/0.768 0.002/0.010/0.988 0.002/0.006/0.992
5 0.001/0.010/0.989 0.148/0.321/0.531 0.075/0.198/0.727 1.000/<0.001/<0.001 0.001/0.006/0.993

For each variable, 7 models were evaluated: five dual-equilibrium O-U models corresponding to a single change in environment at the base of each of the five indicated clades; the single-equilibrium O-U model, in which all clades are modelled as occurring in a single environment; and the Brownian motion (constant variance) model. Values in each cell are Bayes information criterion (BIC) weights for: the dual-equilibrium O-U model/the single-equilibrium O-U model/the Brownian motion model. The first value is interpreted as the posterior probability that the origins of the clade were associated with a shift in environmental parameters. Measurement error for the lower portion of the table was estimated as indicated in the text.