Table 2.

Results of the phylogenetic independent contrasts analyses evaluating the impact of continuous factors on cetacean genetic diversity. n corresponds to the species sample size for each combination of factor and genetic marker, πR to Regional mitochondrial control region nucleotide diversity, πO to Rangewide mitochondrial control region nucleotide diversity, micR to Regional microsatellite genetic diversity estimates and micO to Rangewide microsatellite genetic diversity estimates

Factor	Marker	n	F‐value	p‐value	Correlation coefficient (r)
Population size	πR	20	0.96	.341	0.224
	πO	23	0.04	.839	0.045
	micR	27	6.25	.020	0.425
	micO	21	18.60	.000	0.703
Population size without matrilineal species	πR	16	1.36	.265	0.297
	πO	18	0.05	.826	0.056
Latitudinal range	πR	23	0.31	.586	0.120
	πO	27	0.18	.679	0.083
	micR	28	5.53	.026	0.419
	micO	22	0.17	.684	0.092
Latitudinal range without matrilineal species	πR	19	3.84	.066	0.429
	πO	22	1.55	.228	0.268
Maximum length	πR	22	0.13	.720	0.088
	πO	27	0.46	.506	0.134
	micR	28	0.00	.969	0.008
	micO	21	0.01	.906	0.027
Generation time	πR	22	2.32	.143	0.323
	πO	24	1.13	.300	0.300
	micR	26	0.42	.520	0.132
	micO	21	0.13	.719	0.083
Lifespan	πR	19	1.86	.190	0.314
	πO	22	0.31	.581	0.125
	micR	24	0.53	.475	0.153
	micO	19	0.10	.760	0.075
Encephalization Quotient	πR	12	3.69	.084	0.519
	πO	11	5.48	.044	0.615
	micR	12	1.50	.248	0.361
	micO	10	1.25	.296	0.367

Significant results or those with strong effect sizes are indicated in bold for relative nuclear genetic diversity data and italics for mitochondrial genetic diversity data.