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. 2017 Aug 1;12(8):e0182105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182105

Table 2. Phylogenetic α-diversity (in millions of years) of angiosperm flora from six southeastern Pacific oceanic islands.

PD MPD MNTD
Islands Period Complete flora Natives Exotics Complete flora Natives Exotics Complete flora Natives Exotics
San Félix (DA) Pre-European 889 227.9 156.7
Current 1,031 709 661 213.5 249.4 199.5 88.1 190.1 80.3
San Ambrosio (DA) Pre-European 1,472 240.3 94.3
Current 1,607 1,151 1,003 225.5 240.9 210.5 76.8 135.5 108.1
Easter Island Pre-European 2,849 261.2 111.9
Current 12,760 885 12,580 257.6 216.4 257.0 46.8 67.9 47.9
Robinson Crusoé (JFA) Pre-European 4,701 259.4 57.7
Current 18,078 4,247 16,081 260.6 259.5 260.2 41.6 61.0 42.8
Santa Clara (JFA) Pre-European 1,083 231.2 132.3
Current 2,802 935 5,432 236.0 231.9 238.3 69.3 131.6 73.6
Alejandro Selkirk (JFA) Pre-European 3,725 265.4 60.6
Current 7,646 3,195 5,977 255.7 267.4 250.3 43.6 71.4 46.7

Phylogenetic diversity indexes reported for each period: Faith’s index (PD), mean phylogenetic distance (MPD) and mean nearest taxon distance (MNTD). Estimators to complete angiosperm flora and differentiating native and exotic plants (only current time). Abbreviations after island names depict archipelago name: Juan Fernández archipelago (JFA) and Desventuradas archipelago (DA).