Ecological Archives M074-006-A9

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

Appendix K. Observed covariance matrices used for the within-site path analysis of the effect of floral neighborhood density on pollinator visitation, pollination, and reproduction of Alstroemeria aurea in grazed sites.

Site

Statistic

Variable

D

Vj

Pc

Ph

fr/fl

s/fr

                 

Arroyo Goye

Covariance

D

0.68

0.00

0.15

-0.10

0.00

0.83

 

Covariance

Vj

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.03

0.00

0.06

 

Covariance

Pc

0.15

0.00

0.86

0.05

0.19

2.21

 

Covariance

Ph

-0.10

0.03

0.05

0.89

0.08

-0.65

 

Covariance

fr/fl

0.00

0.00

0.19

0.08

0.12

0.76

 

Covariance

s/fr

0.83

0.06

2.21

-0.65

0.76

24.96

 

Mean

 

2.74

0.06

3.86

3.46

0.77

9.68

 

St. dev.

 

0.82

0.15

0.93

0.94

0.34

5.00

 

N

 

219

85

139

139

213

198

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Cerro López

Covariance

D

1.01

0.00

0.50

-0.13

0.14

2.18

 

Covariance

Vj

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.04

0.01

0.19

 

Covariance

Pc

0.50

0.00

1.80

0.35

0.34

4.49

 

Covariance

Ph

-0.13

0.04

0.35

1.88

0.06

0.23

 

Covariance

fr/fl

0.14

0.01

0.34

0.06

0.18

2.11

 

Covariance

s/fr

2.18

0.19

4.49

0.23

2.11

39.04

 

Mean

 

1.43

0.06

2.81

3.02

0.43

6.34

 

St. dev.

 

1.00

0.13

1.34

1.37

0.42

6.25

 

N

 

141

65

75

75

119

116

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mascardi (c)

Covariance

D

0.41

0.00

0.23

-0.06

-0.03

0.12

 

Covariance

Vj

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

-0.04

 

Covariance

Pc

0.23

0.00

0.52

0.29

0.06

2.32

 

Covariance

Ph

-0.06

0.00

0.29

1.50

0.24

1.63

 

Covariance

fr/fl

-0.03

0.00

0.06

0.24

0.14

1.86

 

Covariance

s/fr

0.12

-0.04

2.32

1.63

1.86

50.70

 

Mean

 

1.21

0.01

2.98

3.64

0.36

5.69

 

St. dev.

 

0.64

0.03

0.72

1.23

0.38

7.12

 

N

 

31

20

13

13

26

26

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quetrihué (c)

Covariance

D

2.12

0.32

0.51

0.08

0.03

1.06

 

Covariance

Vj

0.32

0.30

0.20

0.14

0.04

0.06

 

Covariance

Pc

0.51

0.20

0.77

0.28

0.12

1.40

 

Covariance

Ph

0.08

0.14

0.28

0.74

0.08

0.57

 

Covariance

fr/fl

0.03

0.04

0.12

0.08

0.10

0.93

 

Covariance

s/fr

1.06

0.06

1.40

0.57

0.93

23.94

 

Mean

 

3.22

0.40

4.18

6.00

0.83

10.13

 

St. dev.

 

1.46

0.55

0.88

0.86

0.31

4.89

 

N

 

228

43

100

100

216

203

Variable names: D, estimate of neighborhood density (see Appendix C); 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.



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