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Diego P. Vázquez and Daniel Simberloff. 2004. Indirect effects of an introduced ungulate on pollination and plant reproduction. Ecological Monographs 74:281–308.

Appendix J. Observed covariance matrices used for among-site path analysis of Alstroemeria aurea.

Season

Statistic

Variable

B

Da

Dr

Vj

Pc

Ph

fr/fl

s/fr

                     

1999–2000

Covariance

B

528.74

-22.96

-5.77

-1.28

-6.54

17.52

-255.47

-38.49

 

Covariance

Da

-22.96

2.05

0.37

0.06

0.63

-0.79

21.78

2.55

 

Covariance

Dr

-5.77

0.37

0.10

0.02

0.12

-0.19

4.14

0.48

 

Covariance

Vj

-1.28

0.06

0.02

0.01

0.02

-0.04

1.05

0.17

 

Covariance

Pc

-6.54

0.63

0.12

0.02

0.23

-0.30

7.02

0.84

 

Covariance

Ph

17.52

-0.79

-0.19

-0.04

-0.30

1.74

-3.95

-0.92

 

Covariance

fr/fl

-255.47

21.78

4.14

1.05

7.02

-3.95

333.52

46.97

 

Covariance

s/fr

-38.49

2.55

0.48

0.17

0.84

-0.92

46.97

7.83

 

Mean

 

25.82

2.22

0.72

0.18

4.37

3.44

79.12

10.97

 

St. dev.

 

22.99

1.43

0.31

0.08

0.48

1.32

18.26

2.80

 

N

 

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2000–2001

Covariance

B

528.74

-22.96

-5.77

0.06

-9.87

9.89

-258.84

-38.29

 

Covariance

Da

-22.96

2.05

0.37

-0.01

0.50

-0.62

18.55

2.47

 

Covariance

Dr

-5.77

0.37

0.10

0.00

0.10

-0.16

3.38

0.47

 

Covariance

Vj

0.06

-0.01

0.00

0.01

0.02

0.10

1.11

0.09

 

Covariance

Pc

-9.87

0.50

0.10

0.02

0.36

-0.05

11.24

1.29

 

Covariance

Ph

9.89

-0.62

-0.16

0.10

-0.05

1.05

3.82

-0.16

 

Covariance

fr/fl

-258.84

18.55

3.38

1.11

11.24

3.82

459.12

48.51

 

Covariance

s/fr

-38.29

2.47

0.47

0.08

1.29

-0.16

48.51

5.65

 

Mean

 

25.82

2.22

0.72

0.11

4.46

4.12

70.92

9.59

 

St. dev.

 

22.99

1.43

0.31

0.11

0.60

1.02

21.43

2.38

 

N

 

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

Variable names: B, overall browsing index (see Table 3); Da, natural logarithm of absolute population density; Dr, relative population density; Vj, pollinator visit frequency (Eq. 2); Pc and Ph, natural logarithms of conspecific and heterospecific pollen; fr/fl, fruits per flower; s/fr, seeds per fruit. All variables are means per site.



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