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. 2015 Aug 3;5:12731. doi: 10.1038/srep12731

Table 2. The variation of functional dissimilarity explained by geographic and environmental distances across scales using multiple regressions on distance matrices.

Scale (m2) Response distance matrix Explanatory distance matrices
Combination of geographic and environmental distance Geographic distance Environmental distance
10 × 10 Dpw 0.006 0.002 0.003
  Dnn 0.012* 0.011 0.001
20 × 20 Dpw 0.172*** 0.006*** 0.166***
  Dnn 0.224*** 0.040*** 0.184***
50 × 50 Dpw 0.201*** 0.007*** 0.201***
  Dnn 0.271*** 0.074*** 0.236***
100 × 100 Dpw 0.202*** 0.026*** 0.200***
  Dnn 0.401*** 0.121*** 0.396***

***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05.

“Combination of geographic and environmental distance” represents the whole variation explained by the spatial and environmental components; “Geographic distance” represents the pure variation explained by the spatial component; “Environmental distance” represents the pure variation explained by the environmental component.