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Table 8 Association between host diversification and parasite richness

From: Comparative tests of ectoparasite species richness in seabirds

 

RRD

PDI

 

slope

F-ratio

slope

F-ratio

Residual Species

-0.0043

0.1240, n.s.

-0.0008

0.1218, n.s.

Residual Genera

-0.0084

0.1735, n.s

-0.0014

0.1336, n.s.

Residual Ischnocera

-0.005

0.0904, n.s.

-0.0009

0.0891, n.s.

Residual Amblycera

-0.0142

0.1481, n.s.

-0.0027

0.1444, n.s.

  1. All analyses included 275 contrasts. RRD = relative rate difference, PDI = proportional dominance index, n.s. = not significant.