Research Article

Genetic Variation in Past and Current Landscapes: Conservation Implications Based on Six Endemic Florida Scrub Plants

Table 2

Variables significant ( ) in predicting two measures of genetic variation, Alleles per Polymorphic Locus (APL) and Expected Heterozygosity ( ), in multiple regressions. refers to number of populations, refers to mean number of individuals sampled and scored per population. Variables were variously transformed before correlation analysis (see text). Beta is the standardized regression coefficient, refers to significance in model with all significant variables included.

Species Genetic Variation MeasureMeanPredictor VariableBeta

Dicerandra frutescens13290.030APL3.58None
0.031None

Eryngium cuneifolium16300.445APL2.00None
0.054None

Hypericum cumulicola34280.724APL2.02None
0.023None

Liatris ohlingerae28220.120APL2.43Densityāˆ’0.087.003
Extant: 32 km+0.250.033
0.121None

Nolina brittoniana48250.411APL2.53Population Size+0.488.009
0.069None

Warea carteri23250.304APL2.30None
0.025None