Table 2. Nestedness measures correlated with the abundance and dominance indices of the ants species registered at the Malinche National Park (MNP) and Flor del Bosque State Park (FBSP), for each vegetation type.

Nestedness measures	Rho	Z	P
Ant species MNP Oak Forest
Nra-A	−0.500	−0.707	0.4795
Nra-DI	−0.500	−0.707	0.4795
Nra-MDI	−1.000	−1.414	0.1573
Nc-A	1.000	1.414	0.1573
Nc-DI	−0.500	−0.707	0.4795
Nc-MDI	0.500	0.707	0.4795
Nr-A	−1.000	−1.414	0.1573
Nr-DI	0.500	0.707	0.4795
Nr-MDI	−0.500	−0.707	0.4795
Ant species MNP Grassland
Nra-A	−1.000	−1.414	0.1573
Nra-DI	0.500	0.707	0.4795
Nra-MDI	−0.500	−0.707	0.4795
Nc-A	−0.500	−0.707	0.4795
Nc-DI	1.000	1.414	0.1573
Nc-MDI	0.500	0.707	0.4795
Nr-A	−1.000	−1.414	0.1573
Nr-DI	0.500	0.707	0.4795
Nr-MDI	−0.500	−0.707	0.4795
Ant species FBSP Oak Forest
Nra-A	−0.800	−1.386	0.1659
Nra-DI	0.200	0.346	0.7290
Nra -MDI	0.400	0.693	0.4884
Nc-A	0.200	0.346	0.7290
Nc-DI	0.800	1.386	0.1659
Nc-MDI	0.400	0.693	0.4884
Nr-A	−0.800	−1.386	0.1659
Nr-DI	0.200	0.346	0.7290
Nr-MDI	0.400	0.693	0.4884
Ef-A	−0.800	−1.386	0.1659
Ef-DI	0.200	0.346	0.7290
Ef-MDI	0.400	0.693	0.4884
Ant species FBSP Grassland
Nra-A	−0.500	−1.225	0.2207
Nra-DI	−0.630	−1.543	0.1228
Nra -MDI	−0.700	0.4840	−0.286
Nc-A	0.036	0.087	0.9303
Nc-DI	0.148	0.363	0.7165
Nc-MDI	0.786	1.925	0.0543*
Nr-A	−0.643	−1.575	0.1153
Nr-DI	−0.482	−1.180	0.2379
Nr-MDI	−0.357	−0.875	0.3817
Ef-A	−0.482	−1.180	0.2379
Ef-DI	−0.500	−1.225	0.2207
Ef-MDI	−0.148	−0.363	0.7165

Notes.

Nestedness Ranking (Nra), Nestedness Contribution (Nc), Nested Rank (Nr), Expected frequency (Ef), Abundance (A), Dominance Index (DI), Modified Dominance Index (MDI).

^*Significant P values.