Table 3.

Autovalues and Wilk’s lambda from the discriminant functions analysis, using as a grouping variable the center and periphery regions of each study community

Function	Autovalue	% variance	Cumulative %	Canonical correlation
1	1.081	77.2	77.2	0.721
2	0.208	14.8	92.0	0.415
Test of functions	Wilk’s lambda	Chi-squared	df	Sig.
1 to 2	0.358	98.658	42	0.000
2	0.745	28.301	26	0.344