Supplementary Figure 6

Comparing statistical dynamics for different ecospace framework structures: varying number of characters, (A) 5 characters, (B) 15 characters, and (C) 25 characters. Each framework had mixed character types, in identical proportions (40% binary, 20% three-state factor, 20% five-state factor, and, 20% five-state ordered numeric character types). 5 "seed" species were chosen at random to begin each simulation. Other simulation details and graphical interpretation are the same as is Figure 2. Trends in total variance were excluded because the inclusion of factors prevented their calculation. The dynamics are generally similar, although larger frameworks allow modestly more powerful model selection using classification-tree methods (83%, 85%, and 86% of training models, respectively, classified correctly using classification-tree methods). See Supplementary Appendix 2 for additional details.