Figure 1
From: No evidence for a signal in mammalian basal metabolic rate associated with a fossorial lifestyle
Phylogenetic tree showing all 801 mammalian species used in this study. The tree was obtained from the Open Tree of Life (OTL) and used in the PGLS and MCMCglmm. The inner bar plot represents weighted log body mass (g), and the outer bar plot represents weighted log BMR (ml O2 h−1). Mammalian order is shown in black around the phylogeny. BMR is strongly linked to phylogeny (Pagel’s λ; p < 0.001), and closely related species and clades will have similar BMRs compared to other individuals.
