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. 2008 Mar 26;275(1641):1441–1448. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0179

Table 2.

Minimum adequate models of extinction risk for mammal taxa. (Values shown are t values. HPD, human population density; AET, mean annual actual evapotranspiration. #p≤0.05; *p≤0.1; **p≤0.01; ***p≤0.001.)

Carnivora ungulates Chiroptera marsupials Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha minor clades
R2 0.7 0.326 0.419 0.649 0.346 0.156 0.678 0.186
species in model 62 60 761 −191 181 1644 51 208
degrees of freedom 49 46 368 145 129 590 44 99
life history
adult mass −1.87* −4.13*** 0.74 3.15**
adult mass2 2.19#
weaning age 3.47**
litter size 4.55***
litters per year −3.04**
gestation length 3.21***
ecology
population density −3.28** −2.13#
geographical range size −4.59*** 0.55 −15.57*** −5.67*** −7.25*** 0.97 1.38
geographical range size2 2.96*** −2.86**
environmental
precipitation 3.05** 2.47*
latitude 2.49# −2.19# 3.82***
AET −2.93**
human impact
HPD 5th percentile −1.52 −1.53 2.52#
HPD 5th percentile2 2.75** −2.1#
HPD mean 2.99** 3.75***
interactions
adult mass–latitude 2.86**
geographical range size–adult mass 5.39*** −2.74**
geographical range size–HPD mean −3.28**