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Table 3 Kmult [37] values for all datasets analysed in this paper. Values for body mass are technically K values but are calculated and interpreted identically. Kmult = 1.0 indicates a similarity of measured traits expected if traits evolved under Brownian motion, values less than 1 indicate traits more different than expected from Brownian motion and values greater than 1 indicate traits more similar than expected from Brownian motion [45]. p-values are indicated with one asterisk (*) for significance at the 0.05 level, two at the 0.01 level, and three at the 0.001 level. Significant p-values indicate the presence of phylogenetic signal. Note that the Kmult function in [37] places a lower limit on the returned p-value, so p-values reported as 1.00Eāˆ’03 may be more significant

From: Diet of Mesozoic toothed birds (Longipterygidae) inferredĀ from quantitative analysis of extant avian diet proxies

Ā 

Kmult

P-value

Mass no semi-specialists

0.9416885

1.00Eāˆ’03***

Mass all birds

0.4154562

6.70Eāˆ’02

Mass carnivores no semi-specialists

1.409133

1.00Eāˆ’03***

Mass all carnivores

1.029493

1.00Eāˆ’03***

Mass herbivores no semi-specialists

1.616050

1.00Eāˆ’03***

Mass all herbivores

1.236025

1.00Eāˆ’03***

TM

0.6574164

1.00Eāˆ’03***

MA no semi-specialists

0.8710608

1.00Eāˆ’03***

MA all birds

0.7924732

1.00Eāˆ’03***

FEA no semi-specialists

0.4264590

1.21Eāˆ’01

FEA all birds

0.3151973

2.26Eāˆ’01