Table 4

Correlation between genetic diversity, lifetime expectancy, and surrogates of population size: patch area, microclimatic conditions, nectar and host plant abundance.


Patch area
Microclimatic conditions
Nectar abundance
Host plant abundance

r
p
r
p
r
p
r
p

Expected heterozygosity (He)
-0.100
0.873
-0.600
0.285
0.300
0.624
0.616
0.269
Gene diversity (Div)
0.600
0.285
-0.400
0.505
-0.200
0.747
0.051
0.935
Percentage of polymorphic loci (PPL)
-0.105
0.866
-0.369
0.541
0.527
0.362
0.433
0.467
Lifetime expectancy (LTE)
-0.100
0.873
-0.600
0.285
0.300
0.624
0.616
0.269

Spearman coefficients (r) in bold are statistically significant at the 0.05 level.

Vandewoestijne et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:46   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-46