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. 2015 Nov;11(11):20150678. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0678

Table 1.

Results of multivariate PGLS models explaining variation in migration distance across 91 species of birds.

full model
minimal model
predictor β (s.e.) t p-value predictor β (s.e.) t p-value
(intercept) –0.50 (4.58) 0.11 0.9138 (intercept) –4.89 (2.20) 2.22 0.0290
body mass 1.02 (0.94) 1.09 0.2780 body mass 0.96 (0.80) 1.20 0.2333
aspect ratio 11.09 (2.05) 5.42 <0.0001 aspect ratio 11.05 (1.89) 5.85 <0.0001
wing area 0.32 (0.88) 0.37 0.7156 brain mass –4.83 (1.15) 4.21 0.0001
brain mass –15.17 (9.13) 1.66 0.1004 size of optic lobe 2.69 (1.25) 2.15 0.0345
size of telencephalon 7.29 (6.46) 1.13 0.2623
size of optic lobe 3.69 (1.65) 2.23 0.0285
size of cerebellum 1.44 (2.03) 0.71 0.4799
Pagel's λ = 0.76, n = 91, R2 = 0.47 Pagel's λ = 0.80, n = 91, R2 = 0.46