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. 2012 May 15;39(2):192–206. doi: 10.1007/s11692-012-9184-5

Table 2.

Scales of geographical population structure

A. Proportion of variation distributed among populations, Inline graphic, at different spatial scalesa
Species Marker Between islands Within Maui Nui Within Big Island Within kīpuka region
L1 Th. grallator Allozymes 0.46*** 0.37*** 0.19***
CO1/16S/ND1 0.69*** 0.56*** 0.30*** 0.05***
L2 Ariamnes species Allozymes
COI 0.37*** 0.57*** 0.05
L3 T. anuenue & T. kikokiko Allozymes 0.36***
COI 0.98*** 0.23*** 0.041***
L4 T. brevignatha & T. macracantha Allozymes 0.46***
COI 0.93*** 0.76*** 0.16* 0.000
L5 T. quasimodo Allozymes 0.06*** 0.15*** 0.34***
COI 0.74*** 0.09*** 0.037***
B. Comparison of genetic variance among populations, Inline graphic, at different scales for COI data. Includes among 4 lineages of habitat specialists (L1–L4, excluding L5 T. quasimodo and L6 T. hawaiensis)
Species set 1 (mean) Species set 2 (mean) Resultsb
1. Within Maui (0.63) >Within Big Island (0.18) t = 4.13, p < .027*
2. Within Big Island (0.18) >Among kīpuka (0.03) t = 10.6, p < .004**
3. Between islands (0.74) >Within Big Island (0.18) t = 3.60, p < .035*
4. Between islands (0.74) >Within Maui (0.63) t = 0.44, p < .35
5. Between islands mtDNA (0.74) >Between islands nuclear (0.41) Insufficient sample size
C. N e m, estimated relative gene flow among populations
Species Marker Within Maui Nui Within Big Island Within kīpuka region
L1 Th. grallator Allozymes 2.6–8.1 3.3–7.1
CO1/16S/ND1 0.6–2.1 1.9–4.2
L2 Ariamnes species Allozymes
COI 0.3–5.3
L3 T. anuenue & T. kikokiko Allozymes
COI 11.7 5.0
L4 T. brevignatha & T. macracantha Allozymes 5.6
COI 0.3 0.3–7.0
L5 T. quasimodo Allozymes 6.4 6.3–6.5
COI 0.3–13 4.9
L6 T. hawaiensis Allozymes
COI 12.0

aSee text for description of analyses and calculations, * p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001

bArc-sin square-root transformed before analysis, df = 2, one-tailed t test, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01