Climate-Related Variation in Body Dimensions within Four Lacertid Species

Table 3

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

Source; of variation	Dependent variable	df		MS		𝐹		𝑃
		♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀
Temperature	FLL; HLL	7; 7	8; 8	0.52; 1.11	0.79; 1.52	1.45; 1.49	2.43; 3.33	0.214; 0.199	0.028; 0.004
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	73.21; 127.5	23.49; 47.34	201.7; 170.7	71.64; 103.8	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	0.33; 2.76	4.04; 7.66	0.93; 3.71	12.32; 16.79	0.341; 0.062	<0.001; <0.001
Error	FLL; HLL	37; 37	46; 46	0.36; 0.74	0.33; 0.45
Precipitation	FLL; HLL	8; 8	8; 8	0.47; 0.99	0.64; 1.50	1.26; 1.30	1.87; 3.27	0.294; 0.275	0.088; 0.005
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	71.08; 120.8	21.62; 46.77	191.3; 158.2	62.75; 101.7	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	0.30; 2.96	4.93; 7.98	0.81; 3.88	14.33; 17.38	0.374; 0.056	<0.001; <0.001
Error	FLL; HLL	36; 36	46; 46	0.37; 0.76	0.34; 0.45