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 |
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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.