Table 1.

Slopes and significance of species–area relationships for Caribbean archipelagos

Archipelago	Period	Slope ± standard error	R2	P-value
Bahamas	Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)	0.33 ± 0.04	0.88	0.0003
	Present	0.24 ± 0.06	0.40	0.0007
	Present/LGM	0.27 ± 0.02	0.83	0.0000
Greater Antilles	LGM	0.32 ± 0.06	0.77	0.0012
	Present	0.28 ± 0.04	0.69	0.0000
	Present/LGM	0.28 ± 0.04	0.85	0.0000
Lesser Antilles	LGM	0.08 ± 0.04	0.15	0.1076
	Present	0.33 ± 0.07	0.44	0.0003