Climate-Related Variation in Body Dimensions within Four Lacertid Species

Table 5

Results of a MANCOVA examining the effect of temperature and precipitation on total fore limb length (FLL) and total hind limb length (HLL) in Ophisops elegans with SVL as a covariate.

Source; of variation	Dependent variable	df		MS		𝐹		𝑃
		♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀
Temperature	FLL; HLL	17; 17	16; 16	0.12; 0.48	0.26; 0.71	0.81; 1.21	1.40; 1.47	0.672; 0.278	0.186; 0.155
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	25.22; 56.96	5.29; 15.25	163.3; 143.2	28.64; 31.83	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	1.01; 1.38	2.51; 2.65	6.51; 3.47	13.59; 5.52	0.013; 0.067	0.001; 0.023
Error	FLL; HLL	65; 65	42; 42	0.15; 0.39	0.18; 0.47
Precipitation	FLL; HLL	23; 23	17; 17	0.13; 0.56	0.24; 0.64	0.83; 1.56	1.29; 1.30	0.673; 0.086	0.243; 0.241
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	21.86; 49.02	5.34; 14.81	140.6; 136.6	28.22; 29.71	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	1.23; 2.01	2.63; 3.05	7.96; 5.59	13.93; 6.12	0.006; 0.021	0.001; 0.018
Error	FLL; HLL	59; 59	41; 41	0.15; 0.35	0.18; 0.49