Table 5.

Values of correlation coefficients and signification (in brackets) in standard pairwise regression analysis between residuals of species–area, genera–area and families–area regressions and some environmental variables

	Species–area residuals	Genera–area residuals	Families–area residuals
Log mean relative humidity (log %)	0.531 (0.004)	0.571 (0.002)	0.657 (0.0001)
Log mean year rainfall (log mm)	0.402 (0.038)	0.361 (0.064)	0.357 (0.067)
Log cloudiness (log %)	0.477 (0.012)	0.489 (0.010)	0.450 (0.018)