Table 2.
Otter odour (PerMANOVA analysis) and genetic (F ST) pairwise comparisons between subpopulations, for males and females separately.
| Pairwise comparison of subpopulations | Odour analyses | Genetic analyses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | df | Pseudo-F | R 2 | p | F ST | |
| NE – CE | Females | 1, 38 | 1.65 | 0.04 | 0.007** | 0.10*** |
| Males | 1, 24 | 1.49 | 0.06 | 0.018* | 0.10*** | |
| NE – W&B | Females | 1, 46 | 1.73 | 0.03 | 0.004** | 0.19*** |
| Males | 1, 32 | 1.26 | 0.04 | 0.112 | 0.18*** | |
| CE – W&B | Females | 1, 46 | 1.08 | 0.02 | 0.251 | 0.23*** |
| Males | 1, 28 | 1.49 | 0.05 | 0.029* | 0.22*** | |
| SW – NE | Females | 1, 25 | 1.84 | 0.06 | 0.030* | 0.20*** |
| SW – CE | Females | 1, 25 | 1.18 | 0.04 | 0.220 | 0.23*** |
| SW – W&B | Females | 1, 33 | 1.13 | 0.03 | 0.252 | 0.28*** |
The lack of male samples from South-west England prevented pairwise comparisons. W&B = Wales and Borders, SW = South-west England, NE = North England, CE = Central England. Bold font indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) for both odour and genetic analyses. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.