Table 1 Comparison of network parameters and principal coordinates between non-avian archosaurs (n = 19), juvenile and adult crown birds (both n = 41) using the Mann–Whitney U (z) and the Kolmogorov–Smirnov (D) test.
Adult birds vs. NA-archosaurs | Juvenile birds vs. adult birds | Juvenile birds vs. NA-archosaurs | ||||
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z (p) | D (p) | z (p) | D (p) | z (p) | D (p) | |
N | 6.213 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) | 7.743 (0.000) | 0.927 (0.001) | 6.182 (0.000) | 0.976 (0.001) |
K | 6.188 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) | 7.687 (0.000) | 0.976 (0.001) | 6.184 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) |
D | 6.185 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) | 7.579 (0.000) | 0.902 (0.001) | 5.651 (0.000) | 0.853 (0.001) |
C | 0.858 (0.395) | 0.386 (0.026) | 0.886 (0.384) | 0.341 (0.021) | 0.493 (0.622) | 0.225 (0.427) |
L | 6.183 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) | 7.485 (0.000) | 0.927 (0.001) | 5.451 (0.000) | 0.805 (0.001) |
H | 5.340 (0.000) | 0.850 (0.001) | 4.290 (0.000) | 0.488 (0.001) | 3.083 (0.001) | 0.505 (0.002) |
S | 6.859 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) | 7.476 (0.000) | 0.805 (0.001) | 4.513 (0.000) | 0.537 (0.002) |
Q | 5.948 (0.000) | 0.902 (0.001) | 5.750 (0.000) | 0.659 (0.001) | 2.501 (0.012) | 0.266 (0.464) |
Qmax | 6.182 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) | 7.587 (0.000) | 0.878 (0.001) | 5.268 (0.000) | 0.720 (0.001) |
P | 5.795 (0.000) | 0.902 (0.001) | 6.294 (0.000) | 0.756 (0.001) | 1.335 (0.183) | 0.216 (0.503) |
PCo1 | 6.182 (0.000) | 1.000 (0.001) | 7.707 (0.000) | 0.927 (0.001) | 5.880 (0.000) | 0.846 (0.001) |
PCo2 | 2.972 (0.004) | 0.517 (0.002) | 0.751 (0.456) | 0.195 (0.310) | 2.574 (0.010) | 0.367 (0.047) |
PCo3 | 0.779 (0.433) | 0.334 (0.085) | 1.493 (0.135) | 0.293 (0.053) | 0.509 (0.615) | 0.268 (0.262) |
PCo4 | 0.334 (0.737) | 0.208 (0.511) | 0.482 (0.632) | 0.195 (0.361) | 0.111 (0.913) | 0.139 (0.931) |
PCo5 | 1.701 (0.091) | 0.347 (0.077) | 0.769 (0.445) | 0.146 (0.759) | 2.559 (0.011) | 0.420 (0.006) |
PCo6 | 0.858 (0.388) | 0.291 (0.160) | 2.105 (0.033) | 0.268 (0.094) | 2.1463(0.015) | 0.439 (0.008) |
PCo7 | 0.445 (0.654) | 0.209 (0.530) | 0.269 (0.787) | 0.146 (0.742) | 1.143 (0.881) | 0.212 (0.509) |
PCo8 | 1.669 (0.096) | 0.343 (0.059) | 1.308 (0.0187) | 0.244 (0.182) | 2.988 (0.002) | 0.440 (0.006) |
PCo9 | 0.222 (0.819) | 0.317 (0.108) | 0.288 (0.773) | 0.220 (0.265) | 0.175 (0.868) | 0.220 (0.454) |