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. 2012 Jun 20;110(7):1479–1488. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcs131

Table 3.

Average pollination distances and comparisons between observed and random pollination distances from three different years and two methods in Campanula thyrsoides (2007, paternity analysis; 2008 and 2009, pollen analogue experiments)

n dstobs ± s.d. (m) dstrandom ± s.d. (m) distrobs ∼ distrrandom distrobs ∼ distrrandom
Kolmogorov–Smirnov Mann–Whitney U test
Paternity analysis 114 17·4 ± 17·7 26·1 ± 16·4 P = 0·99 P = 0·96
Pollen analogue 2008 109 62·1 ± 22·8 60·7 ± 23·7 P < 0·001 P = 0·17
Pollen analogue 2009 681 34·0 ± 24·7 48·9 ± 30·4 P < 0·0001 P < 0·0001

n, Sample size of detected pollinations; dst, average distance; distr, pollination distribution; obs, observed pollination; random, random pollination.

Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for differences between distributions and Mann–Whitney U test for differences between medians.