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Table 2 Proportion of South American mammals species in each BSI and comparison with the Monte Carlo simulations

From: Influence of continental history on the ecological specialization and macroevolutionary processes in the mammalian assemblage of South America: Differences between small and large mammals

BSI

%

Monte Carlo Analysis

  

Mean %

Std.dev

Range

p

1

41.54

23.10

1.21

19.18–27.24

< 0.001

2

24.40

34.51

1.64

29.17–39.05

< 0.001

3

21.34

24.76

1.29

20.54–28.94

0.004

4

8.29

9.50

5.84

6.92–12.26

0.083

5

1.14

2.02

23.10

0.57–3.52

0.031

6

1.70

0.25

34.51

0.00–0.91

< 0.001

7

0.45

0.01

24.76

0.00–0.23

< 0.001

8

0.68

0.00

9.50

0.00–0.11

< 0.001

9

0.45

0.00

2.02

0.00–0.00

< 0.001

10

0.00

0.00

0.25

0.00–0.00

1.000

  1. N = 1000 simulations. %; proportion of the total number of species (879), p; probability of the proportion of species being greater than or equal to (plain) or lower than or equal to (italics) the observed proportion in the South American mammal fauna.