Table 5.

Results of Pearson product moment and Spearman rank correlations of a Regal Fritillary abundance variable to presence-absence (percent) variables. NS = not significant.

	Pearson		Spearman rank
	R	P	R	P
1977–2014 (N = 38 years)
Regal individuals reported that year divided by N counts in main range with:
Percent counts with any Regal reported that year
North America	+0.20196	0.2240	+0.34446	<0.05
Main range	+0.06216	0.7108	+0.16635	NS
Total Regals per party-hour in core range with:
Percent counts with any Regal reported that year in core range	+0.31101	0.0574	+0.28009	<0.10
1991–2014 (N = 24 years)
Regal individuals reported that year divided by N counts in main range with:
Percent counts with any Regal reported that year
North America	+0.73457	0.0000	+0.70102	0.0000
Main range	+0.65802	0.0005	+0.59478	<0.01
Total Regals per party-hour in core range with:
Percent counts with any Regal reported that year in core range	+0.60561	0.0017	+0.60578	<0.01