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Table 2 Trait phylogenetic signals: results of tests for phylogenetic signal in two continuous traits of interest (home range and group size) and one control variable (body mass) using Pagel’s λ under maximum likelihood (ML-λ) and tests against models of no signal (0) or complete phylogenetic dependence (1)

From: Identifying environmental versus phylogenetic correlates of behavioural ecology in gibbons: implications for conservation management of the world’s rarest ape

Variable

ML-λ

Test

χ 2

P-value

Body mass

0.9999

λ = 0

45.38

<0.0001

λ = 1

−0.01

1.0

Home range

0.9999

λ = 0

30.32

<0.0001

λ = 1

−0.004

1.0

Group size

0.9731

λ = 0

20.61

<0.0001

λ = 1

0.58

0.45