Research Article

Spatial Distribution and Dispersal Patterns of Central North American Freshwater Crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) with Emphasis on Implications of Glacial Refugia

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Species loading plot on the first two principle components from the PCA based on species abundances. PC I (20% of variance) represents a gradient of species associated with unglaciated sites (negative loading) and species associated with glaciated sites (positive loading). PC II (15% of variance) represents a gradient of Orconectes virilis to Orconectes immunis dominance. C. sp. = Cambarus spp. A cf. diogenes.