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Table 3 Phylogenetic representativeness across real and simulated bivalve data sets.

From: Phylogenetic representativeness: a new method for evaluating taxon sampling in evolutionary studies

Sample

Group

Dimension

AvTD

VarTD

IE

real

     

R1

without anomalodesmatans

31

85.3003

418.7537

0.2586

R2

+ Solemya and Thracia

32

87.2497

375.5878

0.2804

R3

increased (see text)

42

88.8653

369.2571

0.1806

R4

- Cerastoderma

41

89.0842

363.4391

0.1773

simulated

     

S1

"ideal" (see text)

20

94.3673

186.2882

0.0476

S2

biased towards poor subclasses

21

90.6962

298.9607

0.1676

S3

biased towards heterodonts

20

76.9450

300.7505

0.7017

S4

"easy-to-get" (see text)

18

80.3913

482.7998

0.2419

  1. Dimension, number of taxa; AvTD, Average Taxonomic Distinctness; VarTD, Variation in Taxonomic Distinctness; I E , von Euler's [44] Index of Imbalance.