Table 4 Results of the correlation analyses of PGLS of rate of macrostructural karyotypic diversification (rKDmacro) with metabolic, reproductive and geographic variables

Response	Model	Characteristic	Traits	t	P	d.f.	λ	AIC	ΔAIC
rKDmacro	Simple	Metabolic	Body mass	−1.34	0.182	105	0.66	164.04	56.06
			Metabolic rate	−1.37	0.172	105	0.66	163.96	55.98
		Reproductive	Longevity	−1.09	0.277	105	0.64	164.65	56.67
			Litters per year	0.79	0.428	105	0.61	165.22	57.24
			Sexual maturity age	−1.85	0.066	105	0.65	162.41	54.43
		Geographic	Family geographic range	8.14	<0.001	105	0.69	113.48	5.5
			Mean species geographic range	−2.43	0.016	105	0.66	160.00	52.02
	Multiple	Metabolic	Longevity × body mass		0.609	103	0.65	167.97	59.99
		Reproductive	Litters per year × longevity		0.730	103	0.65	168.51	60.53
			Sexual maturity age × longevity		0.226	103	0.61	165.37	57.39
		Geographic	Family geographic range × mean species geographic range		<0.001	103	0.76	107.98	0

Abbreviations: AIC, Akaike’s information criterion; PGLS, phylogenetic generalized least squares regression.
The best models are shown in bold.

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