Ecological Archives E096-037-A3

Paul J. CaraDonna and David W. Inouye. 2015. Phenological responses to climate change do not exhibit phylogenetic signal in a subalpine plant community. Ecology 96:355–361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1536.1

Appendix C. Strength and significance of phylogenetic signal in mean flowering time, 1974–2012.

Table C1. Strength and significance of phylogenetic signal in flowering time for 60 species from a subalpine plant community in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Flowering time values reported here are averaged across the entire duration of the 39-year study period (1974–2012).

Flowering phenology trait

Blomberg's K

P-value

Pagal's λ

P value

First flowering (1974–2012)

0.668

0.038

0.405

0.153

Peak flowering (1974–2012)

0.697

0.044

0.512

0.052

Last flowering (1974–2012)

0.635

0.162

0.456

0.069

Duration of flowering (1974–2012)

0.538

0.310

< 0.001

> 0.999


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