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. 2014 Jul 21;225(4):403–418. doi: 10.1111/joa.12220

Table 6.

Species differences in the long bone robusticity indices

Test* Statistic P-value Adj. P-value Prediction
Humeral robusticity index
 Overall χ2[2] = 41.3 < 0.001
O – S U[34,19] = 523 < 0.001 < 0.001 O > S > L
O – L U[34,14] = 476 < 0.001 < 0.001
S – L U[19,14] = 265 < 0.001 < 0.001
Radial robusticity index
 Overall χ2[2] = 24.1 < 0.001
O – S U[34,18] = 518 < 0.001 < 0.001 O > S > L
O – L U[34,14] = 408 < 0.001 < 0.001
S – L U[18,14] = 139 0.317 0.317
Femoral robusticity index
 Overall χ2[2] = 18.1 < 0.001
O – S U[34,19] = 461 0.005 0.005 O > S > L
O – L U[34,14] = 402 < 0.001 < 0.001
S – L U[19,14] = 204 0.005 0.005
Tibial robusticity index**
 Overall χ2[2] = 0.9 0.637
O – S O > S > L
O – L
S – L
*

Post-hoc tests are one-tailed Mann–Whitney U-tests of the null hypothesis that the more cursorial taxon displays greater robusticity. Table formatting and abbreviations follow Table 4.

**

Because the overall Krukal–Wallis test comparing tibial robusticity index among species was not significant, post hoc comparisons were not carried out.