Table 4.
Characters investigated on the global scale and their relationship to relative DNA content
| Location |
Palaeo-vegetation* |
Bedrock† |
Habitat |
Phytogeographical region‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latitude (Lat) | Longitude (Lon) | Altitude (Alt) | Steppetundra (Tun) | Steppe (Ste) | Siliceous (Si) | Calcareous (Ca) | Serpentine (Se) | River valley (Rv) | Relict habitat (Rh)§ | Castle or ruin (Cr) | Quarry (Qu) | Invaded by Robinia (Ro) | Carpathian (Car) | Transsilvanian (Tra) | Pannonian (Pan) | Polonian (Pol) | Hercynian (Her) | Burgund-Rhine (B-R) | Alps (Alp) | |
| Scoring: | °NL | °EL | m a.s.l. | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Statistics | Spearman's rho | M/M¶ | M/M | M/M | M/M | M/T | M/M | M/T | T/M | T/T | One-way ANOVA | |||||||||
| 2x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Relationship | −0·345 | 0·324 | −0·001 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |||||||
| P | 0·001 | 0·002 | 0·992 | 0·018 | 0·931 | 0·672 | 0·390 | 0·939 | 0·006 | 0·225 | 0·280 | 0·754 | F = 4·469; P = 0·001 | |||||||
| 4x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Relationship | −0·564 | 0·401 | 0·504 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |||||||
| P | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·001 | <0·001 | <0·001 | 0·001 | 0·739 | 0·434 | 0·727 | 0·257 | 0·136 | 0·102 | F = 6·241; P = 0·001 | |||||||
Statistically significant relationships are indicated in bold.
*
At the end of the last ice age (20 000 years ago) according to Lang (1994); samples from glaciated areas are excluded.
†
Vulcanites and agglomerates excluded.
‡
Meusel and Jäger (1992); samples from the border of two phytogeographical regions were included in both.
§
Deep canyon, mountain rock or ravine, karstic gorge; locality with relict species (see Introduction); unclear cases scored as non-relict.
¶
M, Mann–Whitney test; T, t-test.