Table 2. Measure of phylogenetic signal for total defensive traits and principal coordinates of the cardenolide and glucosinolate dissimilarity matrices (PCO) using Blomberg’s K. Significant values (p<0.05) are highlighted in bold.
Plant trait | K statistics | p-value (10,000 simulations) |
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Glucosinolate PCO1 (18.8%) | 0.86 | 0.038 |
Glucosinolate PCO2 (13.6%) | 0.80 | 0.090 |
Total glucosinolate concentrations | 0.81 | 0.076 |
Number of glucosinolate compounds | 0.89 | 0.014 |
Myrosinase activity | 0.88 | 0.038 |
Cardenolide PCO1 (16.6%) | 1.79 | <0.001 |
Cardenolide PCO2 (12.2%) | 1.04 | 0.002 |
Total cardenolide concentrations | 1.03 | 0.015 |
Number of cardenolide compounds | 1.25 | <0.001 |