. 2014 Jul 7;281(1786):20140675. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0675

Table 1.

Average seed area for insular species and mainland relatives (mm²). Numbers in parentheses refer to the numbers of individuals and seeds sampled, respectively. Italicized letters in parentheses indicate data acquired from published sources (a ,[18]; h, [19]).

insular taxa	seed size (mm²)	growth form	dispersal mode	mainland taxa	seed size (mm²)
Olearia chathamica	19.94 (5, 25)^a	tree	wind	Pleurophyllum criniferum	14.56 (a)^a
Olearia traversiorum	3.26 (6, 30)^a	tree	wind	Olearia virgata	1.27 (a)^a
Rhipogonum scandens	71.78 (7, 48)	vine	fleshy fruit	Rhipogonum scandens	55.40 (3, 22)
Myrsine chathamica	39.30 (7, 67)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Myrsine argentea	8.70 (a)
Myrsine chathamica	39.30 (7, 67)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Myrsine divaricata	8.10 (a)
Corokia macrocarpa	40.44 (8, 66)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Corokia cotoneaster	18.01 (3, 16)
Leptecophylla robusta	18.63 (6, 49)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Leptecophylla juniperina	5.93 (6, 46)
Coprosma propinqua var. martinii	13.93 (8, 84)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua	11.75 (1, 30)
Melicytus chathamicus	20.43 (7, 118)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Melicytus aff. alpinus	9.04 (2, 12)
Coprosma acerosa	9.87 (5, 58)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Coprosma acerosa	3.26 (1, 30)
Macropiper excelsum	3.94 (3, 32)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Macropiper excelsum	3.59 (3, 30)
Apium prostratum subsp. denticulatum	2.93 (5, 38)	herb	water	Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum	4.05 (3, 30)
Rhopalostylis aff. sapida	175.83 (3, 24)	tree	fleshy fruit	Rhopalostylis sapida	80.79 (3, 30)
Muehlenbeckia australis	9.10 (3, 35)	vine	fleshy fruit	Muehlenbeckia australis	6.98 (3, 30)
Tetragonia implexicoma	28.85 (2, 24)	herb	fleshy fruit	Tetragonia implexicoma	14.26 (3, 30)
Coprosma chathamica	38.76 (a)	tree	fleshy fruit	Coprosma repens	21.61 (a)
Hebe dieffenbachii	1.17 (a)^a	shrub	wind	Hebe elliptica	1.83 (a)^a
Psuedopanax chathamicus	19.92 (a)^a	tree	fleshy fruit	Psuedopanax crassifolius	6.74 (a)^a
Psuedopanax kermadecensis	12.03 (a)^a	tree	fleshy fruit	Psuedopanax arboreus	11.14 (a)^a
Alectryon excelsus subsp. grandis	55.40 (a)^a	tree	fleshy fruit	Alectryon excelsus	45.52 (a)^a
Streblus smithii	43.52 (a)^a	tree	fleshy fruit	Streblus banksii	26.96 (a)^a
Myoporum kermadecense	31.57 (a)^a	tree	fleshy fruit	Myoporum laetum	35.52 (a)^a
Metrosideros kermdecensis	11.44 (a)^a	tree	wind	Metrosideros excelsum	12.95 (a)^a
Macropiper melchior	5.23 (a)^a	shrub	fleshy fruit	Macropiper excelsum	4.42 (a)^a
Ascarina lucida var. lanceolata	1.60 (a)^a	tree	fleshy fruit	Ascarina lucida var. lucida	2.35 (a)^a
Coprosma acutifolia	15.93 (a)	shrub	fleshy fruit	Coprosma tenuifolia	17.39 (a)
Stilbocarpa polaris	4.27 (a)^a	herb	fleshy fruit	Stilbocarpa lyalii	5.03 (a)^a
Olearia lyallii	38.63 (a)^a	shrub	wind	Olearia colensoi	21.88 (a)^a
Myosotis capitata	2.87 (a)	herb	wind	Myosotis australis	1.44 (a)
Gentianella cerina	0.51 (a)^a	herb	wind	Gentianella saxosa	0.89 (a)^a
Leptinella plumosa	3.57 (a)^a	herb	wind	Leptinella nana	0.73 (a)^a
				Leptinella minor	1.07 (a)^a
				Leptinella filiformis	0.73 (a)^a
Leptinella lanata	3.40 (a)^a	herb	wind	Leptinella nana	0.73 (a)^a
				Leptinella minor	1.07 (a)^a
				Leptinella filiformis	0.73 (a)^a
Abrotanella rosulata	2.08 (a)^a	herb	wind	Abrotanella rostrata	4.27 (a)^a
Abrotanella spathulata	2.78 (a)^a	herb	wind	Abrotanella rostrata	4.27 (a)^a
Pennantia baylisiana	43.52 (a)^a	tree	fleshy fruit	Pennantia corymbosa	23.93 (a)^a
Embergeria grandifolia	17.32 (a)^a	herb	wind	Kirkianella novae-zelandiae	12.64 (a)^a
Hebe chathamica	1.54 (h)	shrub	wind	Hebe elliptica	1.74 (a)
Hebe barkeri	1.86 (h)	tree	wind	Hebe elliptica	1.74 (a)
Leptinella featherstonii	1.27 (a)^a	herb	wind	Leptinella serrulata	1.48 (a)^a
Geranium traversii	5.23 (a)^a	herb	wind	Geranium brevicaule	3.08 (a)^a
Brachyglottis huntii	5.23 (a)^a	tree	wind	Brachyglottis stewartiae	7.92 (a)^a

^aCases where seed area was estimated from length measurements (see §2).