Table 3.

Relationship between β ~ γ and α~γ for different spatial scales within the MESS framework.

	β ~ γ		α~γ
Spatial Scale (km)	Mantel Correlation	P-value	Mantel Correlation	P-value
20	−0.030	0.870	−0.027	0.800
30	−0.039	1.000	0.119	0.010
40	−0.040	0.990	0.139	0.010
50	0.014	0.150	0.065	0.010
60	0.037	0.050	0.097	0.010
70	0.044	0.030	0.050	0.090
80	0.014	0.220	0.074	0.030
90	0.013	0.280	0.306	0.010
100	0.126	0.010	0.478	0.010