For reptiles, mammals, and amphibians, maximum species richness and overall global distribution is smaller than for birds, and, in contrast to birds, they were not present in all wetlands (SI, S10).
We observed a much stronger correlation between polyploidy and body mass than we did with polyploidy and maximum species lifespan.
The maximum species density of Painae and Paini frogs both appeared around 1600 m a.s.l., while Quasipaini species density peaked between 800 m and 1000 m a.s.l.l
In order to confirm this observation, we performed regression analysis to determine the strength of the correlation between SAC tolerance, assessed by percentage of cells with >4N DNA content after colcemid treatment, and maximum species lifespan.
This benchmark may be further calibrated with additional information on number of singleton species and estimates of maximum species richness.
Diatoms have the maximum species diversity, followed by Chlorophyceae and blue- greens.
In case of rbcL, 457 bp and 407 bp were the minimum average lengths at which maximum species recovery were obtained when trimmed off from 5' (Figure 4A) and 3' (Figure 4B) ends respectively.
As shown in Figure 4, the minimum average length at which maximum species recovery was obtained using COI for birds was 354 bp and 294 bp when sequences were trimmed off from5' (Figure 4A) and 3' (Figure 4B) ends respectively.
However, the maximum species richness was observed in the middle where mixed vegetation occurs, with both arboreal and scrub elements.
Maximum species richness was 284, 112, 27, 134, 15 for waterbirds, nonresidential birds, reptiles, amphibians, and water-dependent mammals, respectively.
