Table 1. Comparison of the effects of random versus exploited species removals on communities FD.

Community	Richness (covariate)	E vs. R (intercept)	Slope	Outcome
Argentina and Uruguay	1045.20**	86.33***	24.30***	Slope R < E
Atol de las Rocas	598.55**	77.36***	26.66**	Slope R < E
Ascension	7009.90**	49.19***	12.22*	Slope R < E
Azores Islands	742.34**	0.032	0.57	No difference
Bermuda	914.80**	68.90**	21.95*	Slope R < E
Canary Islands	1718.00***	82.28***	13.28*	Slope R < E
Carolinian	770.26**	99.15**	30.07**	Slope R < E
Cape verde	1933.60**	43.85**	11.19*	Slope E < R
Eastern Caribean	1301.10**	437.54***	101.19***	Slope R < E
Eastern Mediterranean	567.29**	374.55***	40.41**	Slope R < E
Fernando Noronha	2179.30***	156.39***	25.04**	Slope R < E
Madeira Islands	969.58**	10.93*	5.27	R > E
NE Brazil	148.79**	43.43***	1.15	R > E
NW Africa	510.67**	22.02*	1.44	E > R
South Africa – Benguela	399.27**	154.14***	47.26**	Slope R < E
South Africa – Cape	5225.50***	1633.60***	294.11***	Slope R < E
South Africa – Indian Ocean	2169.50**	272.21***	75.94***	Slope R < E
SE Brazil	881.73**	71.64**	9.64*	Slope R < E
St. Helena	2950.20**	8.47	0.39	No difference
St. Paul Rocks	300.89**	17.24*	10.72*	Slope R < E
São Tomé	2516.90***	156.24***	33.08***	Slope E < R
Trinidad	1155.30**	55.35*	13.35*	Slope R < E
Tropical West Africa	4181.90***	71.71***	34.71**	Slope E < R
Western Caribean	955.57***	532.47***	130.84**	Slope R < E
Western Mediterranean	3350.30***	714.92***	117.45***	Slope R < E

One-way ANCOVA comparing the slopes and intercepts of regressions (between FD and community richness after the removal of 7, 15, 22 and 29 species) when species were removed by selecting only exploited versus randomly (E vs. R) from the regional species pool. All terms tested against the residual. Table shows only F-values and significance values as * P<0.05, ** P<0.01, and *** P<0.001.