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Supporting Information Supporting Information Fisher et al. 10.1073/pnas.1310691110 Fig. S1. Index of seasonal predictability in arthropod abundance (Colwell’s P) plotted against latitude of sampling sites where dasyurid and didelphid marsupials have been recorded in rainforest (filled points) and grassland (unfilled points). Lines indicate fitted regressions (solid line = rainforest, dashed line = grassland). Fig. S2. Mean index of seasonal predictability in arthropod abundance (Colwell’s P) plotted against mean latitude of sample points for dasyurid and didelphid marsupials in (A) shrubland and (B) Eucalypt forest and woodland habitats. Sampled species occurred in a relatively narrow range of latitudes in these habitats. Fisher et al. www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1310691110 1of13 Fig. S3. Phylogeny of insectivorous marsupials with known life history data, based on ref. 1 with updates from ref. 2. 1. Cardillo M, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Boakes E, Purvis A (2004) A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials. J Zool 264(1):11–31. 2. Fritz SA, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Purvis A (2009) Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: Big is bad, but only in the tropics. Ecol Lett 12(6):538–549. Fisher et al. www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1310691110 2of13 Fisher et al. Table S1. Reproductive traits and diets of insectivorous marsupials Latitude (south) www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1310691110 Proportion Proportion Female for Habitat of of age species class for females males Male Breeding Copulation Litters Scrotal at first with species Genus species Common surviving surviving iteroparity Die- season duration per width breeding P with (source of data) name Location postbreeding postbreeding rank off? length (d) (h) year (mm) (d P sampled P sampled Antechinomys laniger Kultarr Australia 4 No 203 1.2 11 345 0.75 31.070 Shrubland (1–4) Antechinus adustus Rusty antechinus Australia 0 1 Yes 28 1 11 330 0.73 18.090 Rainforest (3, 5, 6) Antechinus agilis Agile antechinus Australia 0.125 0 1 Yes 14 10.5 1 13 330 0.66 36.550 Woodland (3, 7–9) Antechinus bellus (3, Fawn antechinus Australia 0.03 0 1 Yes 21 1 12 350 10–12) Antechinus flavipes Yellow-footed Australia 0.26 0 1 Yes 14 11 1 15 345 0.69 22.950 Woodland (3, 13–17) antechinus Antechinis godmani Atherton Australia 0 1 Yes 28 1 11 330 0.83 19.000 Rainforest (3, 5, 6) antechinus Antechinus leo Cinnamon Australia 0.22 0 1 Yes 28 1 350 (3, 18, 19) antechinus Antechinus minimus Swamp antechinus Australia 0.31 0 1 Yes 28 1 18 345 (3, 20–24) Antechinus stuartii (3, Brown antechinus Australia 0.085 0 1 Yes 14 12 1 13 320 0.65 30.550 Woodland 25–28) Antechinus Subtropical Australia 0.17 0 1 Yes 14 12 1 14 330 1 27.370 Rainforest subtropicus antechinus (3, 29, 30) Antechinus swainsonii Dusky antechinus Australia 0.23 0 1 Yes 21 9.5 1 16 330 0.68 35.060 Woodland (3, 9, 15, 31–33) Dasycercus blythi Brush-tailed Australia 0.4 5 No 56 8.5 1 19 315 0.83 23.210 Grassland (3, 34–40) mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda Crest-tailed Australia 0.125 5 No 56 1 14 315 0.76 23.660 Shrubland (3, 40) mulgara Dasykaluta Kaluta, little red Australia 0 1 Yes 14 6.75 1 13 300 1 22.600 Grassland rosamondae kaluta (3, 41) Dasyuroides byrnei (3, Kowari Australia 5 No 182 8.375 2 17 270 42–44) Dasyurus hallucatus Northern quoll Australia 0.172 0.09 3 No 14 1 29 330 1 22.600 Grassland (3, 45–49) Dasyurus viverrinus (3, Eastern quoll Australia 0.5 0.22 5 No 14 8.5 1.22 30 365 50–54) Gracilinanus Brazilian gracile South 0.03 0.03 2 No 28 1 330 0.92 25.050 Rainforest microtarsus mouse opossum America (55–58) 3of13 Fisher et al. Table S1. Cont. Latitude (south) www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1310691110 Proportion Proportion Female for Habitat of of age species class for females males Male Breeding Copulation Litters Scrotal at first with species Genus species Common surviving surviving iteroparity Die- season duration per width breeding P with (source of data) name Location postbreeding postbreeding rank off? length (d) (h) year (mm) (d P sampled P sampled Marmosa murina (59– Robinson’s mouse South 5 No 112 2.9 2 11 243 0.51 8.840 Rainforest 65) opossum America Marmosops incanus Gray slender mouse South 0.01 0 2 No 28 1 14 330 0.92 25.050 Rainforest (66–68)* opossum America Marmosops paulensis Brazilian slender South 0 0 2 No 28 1 340 (69) mouse opossum America Metachirus Brown four-eyed South 5 No 180 2 0.58 12.830 Rainforest nudicaudatus (62, opossum America 70–74) Micoureus demerarae Long-furred woolly South 4 No 240 1 14 285 0.58 12.830 Rainforest (63, 71, 75–79)* mouse opossum America Monodelphis Southern short- South 0 0 2 No 28 1 330 1 37.450 Grassland dimidiata (80–83) tailed opossum America Monodelphis Gray short-tailed South 5 No 365 0.1 3 13.2 180 0.75 7.470 Grassland domestica (71, 84– opossum America 88) Murexia habbema Short-furred Papua 5 No 365 4.5 3 10 330 0.49 5.230 Rainforest (89) dasyure New Guinea Murexia longicaudata Black-tailed dasyure Papua 5 No 365 1.5 3 12 330 (89) New Guinea Murexia melanurus Long-nosed dasyure Papua 5 No 365 3 13 330 (89–91) New Guinea Murexia naso (89–92) Broad-striped Papua 5 No 365 4.5 3 10 330 dasyure New Guinea Murexia rothschildi Muller’s three- Papua 5 No 365 3 14 330 0.49 5.230 Rainforest (89) striped dasyure New Guinea Myoictis melas (89) Wongai nigaui Australia 0 0 4 No 42 3.5 1.08 8 290 0.84 23.450 Shrubland Ningaui ridei (3, 39, Southern ningaui Australia 0.1 0.02 4 No 112 1.1 9 150 93) Ningaui yvonneae (3, Dibbler Australia 0.24 0.135 3 No 21 6.35 1 19 315 39, 94, 95) Parantechinus apicalis Red-tailed Australia 0.24 0 1 Yes 21 6 1 15 330 0.85 23.690 Shrubland (3, 47, 96–104) phascogale 4of13 Fisher et al. Table S1. Cont. Latitude (south) www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1310691110 Proportion Proportion Female for Habitat of of age species class for females males Male Breeding Copulation Litters Scrotal at first with species Genus species Common surviving surviving iteroparity Die- season duration per width breeding P with (source of data) name Location postbreeding postbreeding rank off? length (d) (h) year (mm) (d P sampled P sampled Phascogale calura (3, Tuan, wambenger, Australia 0.19 0 1 Yes 49 5 1 16 330 0.57 34.020 Woodland 105–109) brush-tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa Narrow-striped Papua 5 No 365 2 3 13 (3, 51, 110–117) dasyure New Guinea Phascolosorex dorsalis Gile’s planigale Australia 5 No 140 2.3 1.08 10 240 0.75 31.070 Shrubland (89) Planigale gilesi (3, Common planigale Australia 5 No 365 2.1 3 7.4 118–120) Planigale maculata (3, Narrow-nosed Australia 5 No 140 4 1.1 7 240 0.81 25.990 Shrubland 87, 121–123) planigale Planigale tenuirostris Sandstone Australia 0.125 0.125 5 No 28 1 13 330 (3, 118, 119) pseudantechinus Pseudantechinus Fat-tailed Australia 0.57 0.5 5 No 42 2 1 14 350 0.66 23.620 Shrubland bilarni (3, 10, 124, pseudantechinus 125) Pseudantechinus Ningbing Australia 5 No 28 1 330 ningbing (3, 126) pseudantechinus Pseudantechinus Fat-tailed dunnart Australia 0.03 0 4 No 168 5 1.11 7.8 150 0.75 31.070 Shrubland macdonnellensis (3, 127–129) Sminthopsis Little long-tailed Australia 0.05 0.04 4 No 168 1 10 255 crassicaudata (3, dunnart 130–134) Sminthopsis dolichura Gray-bellied Australia 0 0 4 No 28 2.75 1 9 360 [3, 135, this study dunnart (weaning age)] Sminthopsis Hairy-footed Australia 5 No 1 12 330 0.84 23.450 Shrubland griseoventer (3, 32, dunnart 96, 104) Sminthopsis hirtipes White-footed Australia 5 No 84 2 1.01 10 336 [3, 136, this study dunnart (scrotal width, copulation time)] Sminthopsis leucopus Long-tailed dunnart Australia 5 No 168 1.5 11 280 (3, 134, 137–140) Sminthopsis Stripe-faced Australia 5 No 175 2.5 1.11 10 120 0.84 23.450 Shrubland longicaudata (3, dunnart 5of13 141) Fisher et al. Table S1. Cont. Latitude (south) www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1310691110 Proportion Proportion Female for Habitat of of age species class for females males Male Breeding Copulation Litters Scrotal at first with species Genus species Common surviving surviving iteroparity Die- season duration per width breeding P with (source of data) name Location postbreeding postbreeding rank off? length (d) (h) year (mm) (d P sampled P sampled Sminthopsis macroura Common dunnart Australia 5 No 168 4.5 1 330 (3, 131, 132, 142– 146) Sminthopsis murina Red-cheeked Australia 5 No 365 7 3 230 (3, 147) dunnart Sminthopsis virginiae Little hairy-footed Australia 5 No 196 3.2 1.3 9 240 0.84 23.450 Shrubland (3, 89, 148, 149)* dunnart Sminthopsis Little hairy-footed Australia 5 No 196 3.2 1.3 9 240 0.84 23.450 Shrubland youngsoni (3, 39, dunnart 96) *Testes mass reported; scrotal width estimated from regression of scrotal width vs. testes mass across species (86).
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