Table 3.

AMOVA at the three hierarchical levels considered from M. rivas-martinezii and M. faya

Source of variation	d.f.	Percentage variation	F-statistics
M. rivas-martinezii vs. M. faya
Between species	1	3·76	FCT = 0·038ns
Among populations within specie	9	5·74	FSC = 0·060***
Within populations	439	90·39
Total	449		FST = 0·09***
M. faya
Among islands	2	5·72	FCT = 0·057***
Among populations within islands	5	1·80	FSC = 0·019***
Within populations	358	92·48
Total	365		FST = 0·075***
M. rivas-martinezii
Among populations	2	14·09
Within populations	81	85·91
Total	83		FST = 0·141***

***P < 0·001; ns: non-significant.