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. 2009 Jun 8;215(2):110–123. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01104.x

Table 6.

Values of the constants of the discriminant functions used to infer the lifestyle (0, aquatic; 1, amphibious or terrestrial) of lissamphibians

Discriminant function obtained with LN(PLg), Max, Cp Discriminant function obtained with PLg, Min, Minrad
0 1 0 1
Y intersection −790.40 −817.06 Y intersection −2.87679 −0.47783
LN(PLg) 2.67 −0.15 PLg 0.17292 0.05540
Max −1969.48 −2182.07 Min 6.11333 −1.03903
Cp 3575.56 3822.33 Minrad 0.00077 0.01348

For each habitat, the discriminant function can be used to infer the habitat (by multiplying the constant of each parameter by the value of the parameter of a given species). The habitat that has the highest score is the inferred lifestyle (Appendix 2). Abbreviations as in Table 1.