Ecological Archives E088-032-A5

A. Elizabeth Arnold and F. Lutzoni. 2007. Diversity and host range of foliar fungal endophytes: Are tropical leaves biodiversity hotspots? Ecology 88:541–549.

Appendix E. Statistical tables for regression analyses regarding effects of latitude and annual rainfall on endophyte incidence and diversity.

A. Endophyte incidence: R2 = 0.77; Observations = 34 plant species/site combinations (Appendix B).

Explanatory variable
Parameters
df
SS
F ratio
P
           
Annual rainfall
1
1
1160.1628
3.2378
0.0820
Latitude
1
1
2004.7813
5.5950
0.0247*
Annual rainfall × latitude
1
1
295.6187
0.8250
0.3710

B. Endophyte diversity: R2 = 0.47; Observations = 20 plant species/site combinations (Appendix D).

Explanatory variable
Parameters
df
SS
F ratio
P
           
Annual rainfall
1
1
23.3146
2.1747
0.1586
Latitude
1
1
98.9862
9.2313
0.0074*

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