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. 2013 Sep 13;8(9):e72731. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072731

Table 2. Global non-phylogenetic (OLS) and phylogenetic (PGLSλ) simple linear regressions of geographic range size versus mass, BMR, and MIBMR in all mammals and rodents.

Regression model:
Group Test Parameters OLS p-value PGLSλ p-value
Mammals GR~mass slope 0.112 (0.033) <0.001 0.107 (0.048) 0.03
intercept 5.805 (0.082) <0.001 5.620 (0.369) <0.001
R 2 0.02 -
λ - 0.56
AICc 1385.99 1250.53
GR~BMR slope 0.202 (0.045) <0.001 0.195 (0.064) 0.002
intercept 5.615 (0.105) <0.001 5.438 (0.373) <0.001
R 2 0.03 -
λ - 0.55
AICc 1377.95 1246.34
GR~MIBMR slope 0.682 (0.194) <0.001 0.491 (0.205) 0.02
intercept 6.059 (0.034) <0.001 5.971 (0.342) <0.001
R 2 0.02 -
λ - 0.57
AICc 1385.32 1248.97
LIGR~MIBMR slope 0.270 (0.180) 0.13 0.367 (0.196) 0.06
intercept -1.3e-11(0.031) 1.00 -0.019 (0.297) 0.95
R 2 0.004 -
λ - 0.49
AICc 1299.63 1206.81
Rodents GR~mass slope 0.016 (0.076) 0.83 0.145 (0.099) 0.14
intercept 5.848 (0.154) <0.001 5.712 (0.277) <0.001
R 2 0.00 -
λ - 0.38
AICc 597.90 586.91
GR~BMR slope 0.145 (0.106) 0.17 0.310 (0.132) 0.02
intercept 5.590 (0.216) <0.001 5.353 (0.325) <0.001
R 2 0.01 -
λ - 0.37
AICc 596.05 583.02
GR~MIBMR slope 1.066 (0.304) <0.001 0.842 (0.328) 0.01
intercept 5.879 (0.046) <0.001 6.007 (0.169) <0.001
R 2 0.05 -
λ - 0.35
AICc 585.85 580.22
LIGR~MIBMR slope 0.531 (0.291) 0.069 0.541 (0.314) 0.086
intercept -3.7e-11(0.004) 1.000 0.113 (0.147) 0.44
R 2 0.013 -
λ - 0.29
AICc 563.70 561.67

All variables were log10 transformed. GR = geographic range size; BMR = basal metabolic rate; LIGR = latitude-independent GR; MIBMR = mass-independent BMR. Standard error of the slope (b) and intercept (a) are in parentheses. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) and “marginally significant” (0.10 < p > 0.05) slopes are indicated by p-values in bold.