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Table 3 Results of the Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test on the residuals of investigated bear species

From: The effect of body size evolution and ecology on encephalization in cave bears and extant relatives

Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test

K-W chi-squared: 338.89 df: 8, p-value: <0.0001

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Tremarctos ornatus

Ursus americanus

Ursus arctos

Ursus malayanus

Ursus maritimus

Ursus thibetanus

Ursus ursinus

Tremarctos ornatus

1.0000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ursus americanus

1.0000

0.7560

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ursus arctos

1.0000

1.0000

1.0000

-

-

-

-

-

Ursus malayanus

0.0699

0.4557

<0.0001

<0.0001

-

-

-

-

Ursus maritimus

1.0000

1.0000

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.0006

-

-

-

Ursus thibetanus

1.0000

1.0000

0.8645

1.0000

<0.0001

0.7134

-

-

Ursus ursinus

1.0000

0.2586

1.0000

1.0000

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.2484

-

Ursus spelaeus

0.1133

<0.0001

0.0005

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

0.2602

  1. In bold are significant results