Table 2.

Results from the correlation analysis (Pearson correlation) showing the relationship between pollen diversity and relative abundance of pollen from different vegetation belts. (^**Significant at p=0.01 level.)

sites	vegetation belts	observed number of pollen taxa in 300 grains	Shannon–Wiener index
Funza-2
(with Andean forest taxa)	subandean forest	0.438**	0.348**
	Andean forest	0.563**	0.580**
	subparamo	0.043	0.180**
	grassparamo	−0.612**	−0.685**
Funza-2
(without Andean forest taxa)	subandean forest	0.581**	0.605**
	Andean forest	0.672**	0.669**
	subparamo	0.085	0.273**
	grassparamo	−0.735**	−0.838**
Funza-2A	subandean forest	0.173**	0.311**
	Andean forest	0.033	0.162
	subparamo	−0.000	0.060
	grassparamo	−0.058	−0.262**
Fuquene-7C	subandean forest	0.080	0.093
	Andean forest	0.183**	0.059
	subparamo	0.127	0.213 **
	grassparamo	−0.294**	−0.221 **