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Correlation between genetic diversity, lifetime expectancy, and surrogates of population size: patch area, microclimatic conditions, nectar and host plant abundance. |
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| Patch area |
Microclimatic conditions |
Nectar abundance |
Host plant abundance |
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| r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
r |
p |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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