Table 2.
Estimation of Ne of Ae. aegypti from 12 locations in northern Queensland, Australia, by indirect methods
| Locality | Moments based temporal method | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | Assuming a single isolated pop
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| MLNE Moment | MLNE Likelihood | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | ||||
| Cardwell | 106 | 34 | 3,430 | 149 | 115 | 44 | >10,000 |
| Charters Towers | 5,564 | 60 | ∞ | 19 | 60 | 31 | 165 |
| Chillagoe | 25 | 11 | 57 | 31 | 43 | 24 | 97 |
| Gordonvale | 115 | 36 | ∞ | 151 | 833 | 86 | >10,000 |
| Ingham | 151 | 41 | ∞ | 398 | 3094 | 93 | >10,000 |
| Innisfail | 138 | 41 | ∞ | 162 | 174 | 57 | >10,000 |
| Machans Beach | 99 | 31 | 1,948 | 206 | 306 | 67 | >10,000 |
| Mareeba | 72 | 24 | 512 | 71 | 113 | 41 | >10,000 |
| Mossman | 303 | 43 | ∞ | 336 | 238 | 55 | >10,000 |
| Parramatta Park | 103 | 29 | ∞ | 137 | 284 | 58 | >10,000 |
| Townsville | 574 | 52 | ∞ | 769 | 10,000 | 116 | >10,000 |
| Tully | 1,062 | 65 | ∞ | ∞ | 10,000 | 114 | >10,000 |
Estimates of Ne for each sampling location: for moments based temporal method, Waples (1989), Peel et al. (2004), Ovenden et al. (2007); for single isolated population, Nei and Tajima (1981), Wang (2001).