Table 1. Genetic diversity and differentiation parameters for thirteen squirrel glider populations defined by STRUCTURE groupings and sampling location (see text).
Population | Year of sampling | Abbrev | N | Hs | AR | Avge F ST (within region) | Habitat and landscape context |
SOUTHERN REGION | |||||||
Deep Lead Nature Conservation Reserve* | 2004 | DL | 34 | 0.77 | 5.91 | 0.096 | FB(1800)/A |
central Victoria | 2004 | CV | 15 | 0.85 | 8.19 | 0.075 | L/A |
Lurg Hills* | 2004 | LH | 18 | 0.82 | 6.92 | 0.096 | L/A |
Thurgoona* | 2003 | TH | 27 | 0.78 | 6.67 | 0.106 | P |
Murraguldrie State Forest | 2001–2003 | MU | 24 | 0.86 | 8.02 | 0.070 | FB(4500)/A |
Mates Gully Travelling Stock Route* | 2001–2003 | MG | 30 | 0.88 | 8.58 | 0.094 | L/A |
COASTAL REGION | |||||||
NSW central coast | 2003 | WY/PS | 14 | 0.90 | 9.59 | 0.056 | R |
Bungawalbin Nature Reserve | 2001 | BU | 6 | 0.90 | 7.60 | 0.058 | FB(>5000)/R |
Karawatha | 2006–2008 | KA | 32 | 0.92 | 11.37 | 0.046 | FB(750)/P |
Bracken Ridge* | 2003 | BR | 15 | 0.85 | 7.22 | 0.077 | FB(140)/S |
Kinchant Dam | 2003–2005 | KI | 13 | 0.91 | 9.90 | 0.051 | FB(480)/R |
Cape Hillsborough | 2003–2005 | CH | 10 | 0.91 | 9.39 | 0.069 | R |
Padaminka Nature Refuge* | 2003–2005 | PA | 22 | 0.82 | 7.66 | 0.112 | FB(64)/A |
*Populations identified genetically as ‘isolates’. N = sample size, Hs = gene diversity and AR = allelic richness. For landscape context: FB = forest block (size in Ha); L = linear habitat along roadsides and rivers, with occasional small remnants and varying degrees of connectivity; P = peri-urban; S = suburban; A = agricultural land-use; R = rural (mixed land-use without extensive areas of agricultural development).