Table 8. Covariance matrix for standardized data set used in principal components analysis. Abbreviations for characters defined in Figure 2. Lower half of matrix is covariance between characters. Upper half of the matrix lists probabilities that the null hypothesis that the two characters are uncorrelated (all p 0.0001, except AD (Aperture Diameter) and AAB (Aperture spacing Along Branch). Color highlights denote character groups with stronger covariance (except orange, which indicates exceptionally low).
 
 
BW
DW
FL
FW
AD
ALB
AAB
ND
NS

 

BW

*

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

 

DW

0.41

*

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

 

FL

0.33

0.29

*

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

 

FW

0.31

0.31

0.65

*

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

 

AD

0.29

0.34

0.21

0.23

*

0.0000

0.0207

0.0000

0.0000

 

ALB

0.37

0.20

0.51

0.45

0.32

*

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

 

AAB

0.22

0.17

0.35

0.31

0.07

0.53

*

0.0000

0.0000

 

ND

0.23

0.25

0.25

0.34

0.40

0.36

0.41

*

0.0000

 

NS

0.21

0.32

0.55

0.46

0.34

0.21

0.19

0.34

*