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. 2012 Nov 14;110(3):247–252. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2012.74

Table 1. Morph frequencies and ages of sites.

Site name Open/closed N Yellow Pink Brown Yellow (eU) 00300 00345 12345 fusion
Kuinderbos Shaded (46 year) 197 101 (0.51) 36 (0.18) 60 (0.30) 67 (0.34) 3 (0.05) 21 (0.34) 33 (0.53) 18 (0.55)
Kuinderbos Open 182 134 (0.74) 36 (0.20) 12 (0.07) 113 (0.62) 21 (0.20) 53 (0.50) 21 (0.20) 1 (0.05)
      *** NS *** *** ** * *** ***
Nagele Shaded (56 year) 97 3 (0.03) 43 (0.44) 51 (0.53) 1 (0.01) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.03) 36 (0.90) 14 (0.39)
Nagele Open 91 3 (0.03) 73 (0.80) 15 (0.16) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 44 (1.00) 7 (0.16)
      NS *** *** NS NS NS NS *
Voorsterbos Shaded (7 year) 196 169 (0.86) 21 (0.11) 6 (0.03) 92 (0.47) 6 (0.04) 83 (0.49) 76 (0.44) 9 (0.12)
Voorsterbos Open 175 111 (0.63) 55 (0.31) 9 (0.05) 87 (0.50) 45 (0.37) 44 (0.36) 25 (0.21) 3 (0.12)
      *** *** NS NS *** * *** NS
Knarbos Shaded (36 year) 179 102 (0.57) 30 (0.17) 47 (0.26) 17 (0.09) 17 (0.16) 2 (0.02) 89 (0.82) 43 (0.48)
Knarbos Open 219 84 (0.38) 48 (0.22) 87 (0.40) 3 (0.01) 2 (0.02) 1 (0.01) 92 (0.96) 39 (0.42)
      *** NS ** *** *** NS ** NS
Zuiveringsveld Shaded (46 year) 153 52 (0.34) 72 (0.47) 29 (0.19) 46 (0.30) 21 (0.31) 24 (0.35) 17 (0.25) 4 (0.24)
Zuiveringsveld Open 228 78 (0.34) 95 (0.42) 55 (0.24) 69 (0.30) 30 (0.27) 55 (0.50) 18 (0.16) 3 (0.17)
      NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
Kamperhoek Shaded (36 year) 223 136 (0.61) 46 (0.21) 41 (0.18) 106 (0.48) 47 (0.28) 77 (0.46) 40 (0.24) 25 (0.63)
Kamperhoek Open 185 118 (0.64) 14 (0.08) 53 (0.29) 105 (0.57) 34 (0.31) 63 (0.57) 13 (0.12) 2 (0.15)
      NS *** * NS NS NS * **
Dijkgatsbosch Shaded (57 year) 151 98 (0.65) 31 (0.21) 22 (0.15) 71 (0.47) 5 (0.06) 43 (0.48) 35 (0.39) 13 (0.37)
Dijkgatsbosch Open 155 52 (0.34) 85 (0.55) 18 (0.12) 28 (0.18) 17 (0.15) 46 (0.41) 48 (0.43) 3 (0.06)
      *** *** NS *** * NS NS ***
Kolhorn Shaded (69 year) 239 185 (0.77) 3 (0.01) 51 (0.21) 148 (0.62) 1 (0.01) 82 (0.68) 37 (0.31) 16 (0.43)
Kolhorn Open 168 165 (0.98) 1 (0.01) 2 (0.01) 160 (0.95) 2 (0.13) 7 (0.47) 5 (0.33) 0 (0.00)
      *** NS *** *** * NS NS NS
Robbenoordbos Shaded (77 year) 161 91 (0.57) 3 (0.02) 67 (0.42) 61 (0.38) 8 (0.13) 23 (0.36) 33 (0.52) 16 (0.48)
Robbenoordbos Open 278 153 (0.55) 51 (0.18) 74 (0.27) 118 (0.42) 19 (0.13) 79 (0.53) 49 (0.33) 7 (0.14)
      NS *** *** NS NS * * ***
Cirkelbos Shaded (2 year) 158 127 (0.80) 31 (0.20) 0 (0.00) 87 (0.55) 39 (0.30) 49 (0.37) 42 (0.32) 18 (0.43)
Cirkelbos Open 96 76 (0.79) 20 (0.21) 0 (0.00) 59 (0.61) 17 (0.26) 28 (0.42) 20 (0.30) 9 (0.45)
      NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
Kathedralenbos Shaded (22 year) 148 64 (0.43) 75 (0.51) 9 (0.06) 35 (0.24) 16 (0.13) 36 (0.30) 66 (0.55) 40 (0.61)
Kathedralenbos Open 163 136 (0.83) 4 (0.02) 23 (0.14) 93 (0.57) 35 (0.30) 34 (0.29) 42 (0.36) 8 (0.19)
      *** *** * *** ** NS ** ***
Wilgenreservaat Shaded (36 year) 216 182 (0.84) 31 (0.14) 3 (0.01) 46 (0.21) 25 (0.15) 3 (0.02) 135 (0.81) 40 (0.53)
Wilgenreservaat Open 332 253 (0.76) 77 (0.23) 2 (0.01) 65 (0.20) 41 (0.18) 2 (0.01) 184 (0.80) 8 (0.19)
      * * NS NS NS NS NS ***

Abbreviation : NS, not significant.

The estimated age (in years, ±3 year) at the time of sampling is given for the shaded habitat. Yellow (eU) comprises all yellow shells with bands 1 and 2 missing. Frequencies of banding categories are given as the proportion of all banded snails. For rarer banding categories, see Supplementary Table 1. Band fusion is calculated as the number of 5-banded snails with at least two bands fused. Statistical significances (χ2-test): NS P>0.05; *P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.