Climate-Related Variation in Body Dimensions within Four Lacertid Species

Table 7

Results of a MANCOVA examining the effect of temperature and precipitation on total fore limb length (FLL) and total hind limb length (HLL) in Mesalina guttulata with SVL as a covariate. Significant effects are marked in bold letter.

Source; of variation	Dependent variable	df		MS		𝐹		𝑃
		♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀
Temperature	FLL; HLL	25; 25	24; 24	0.21; 0.45	0.24; 0.54	1.56; 1.43	1.81; 1.91	0.065; 0.110	0.029; 0.019
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	20.08; 44.05	9.87; 20.11	147.5; 140.7	72.79; 71.14	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	4.50; 10.82	8.92; 20.73	33.11; 34.55	65.83; 73.31	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Error	FLL; HLL	91; 91	69; 69	0.13; 0.31	0.13; 0.28
Precipitation	FLL; HLL	28; 28	25; 25	0.19; 0.41	0.22; 0.56	1.42; 1.29	1.62; 2.11	0.107; 0.181	0.059; 0.008
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	19.50; 41.81	9.63; 19.08	140.9; 130.7	68.66; 70.94	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	3.56; 9.01	8.02; 19.18	25.75; 28.17	57.17; 71.33	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Error	FLL; HLL	88; 88	68; 68	0.13; 0.32	0.14; 0.26