Climate-Related Variation in Body Dimensions within Four Lacertid Species

Table 6

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

Source; of variation	Dependent variable	df		MS		𝐹		𝑃
		♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀	♂♂	♀♀
Temperature	FLL; HLL	35; 35	28; 28	0.89; 1.51	0.53; 1.31	1.41; 1.91	1.25; 1.75	0.118; 0.012	0.239; 0.040
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	60.44; 173.1	34.36; 61.25	95.26; 218.6	80.18; 81.76	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	2.03; 4.45	4.95; 29.11	3.20; 5.62	11.56; 38.85	0.078; 0.021	0.001; <0.001
Error	FLL; HLL	65; 65	51; 51	0.63; 0.79	0.42; 0.74
Precipitation	FLL; HLL	33; 33	31; 31	0.86; 1.51	0.46; 1.16	1.78; 1.86	1.01; 1.71	0.023; 0.016	0.481; 0.049
Covariate (SVL)	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	64.15; 179.2	23.94; 42.22	131.8; 220.1	51.43; 61.51	<0.001; <0.001	<0.001; <0.001
Factors	FLL; HLL	1; 1	1; 1	1.61; 4.22	7.04; 34.82	3.32; 5.18	15.14; 50.73	0.073; 0.026	<0.001; <0.001
Error	FLL; HLL	67; 67	48; 48	0.48; 0.81	0.46; 0.68