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Table 4 Posterior probabilities of models supported by the pairwise GESTE analyses of fragmentation variables against population-specific F ST

From: Genetic structuring of remnant forest patches in an endangered medicinal tree in North-western Ethiopia

Data set

Variables tested

Highest probability model (HPM)

Posterior probability of HPM

Posterior probability of individual factors

Combined

ND, PS, ND*PS

Constant

0.211

P(ND) = 0.386

    

P(PS) = 0.381

    

P(ND*PS) = 0.205

 

PS, GD, PS*GD

Constant

0.213

P(PS) = 0.399

    

P(GD) = 0.393

    

P(PS*GD) = 0.194

 

ND, GD, ND*GD

Constant, ND*GD, GD, ND

0.272

P(ND) = 0.360

    

P(GD) = 0.356

    

P(ND*GD) = 0.272

Adults

ND, PS, ND*PS

Constant

0.209

P(ND) = 0.395

    

P(PS) = 0.384

    

P(ND*PS) = 0.205

 

PS, GD, PS*GD

Constant

0.205

P(PS) = 0.405

    

P(GD) = 0.402

    

P(PS*GD) = 0.189

 

ND, GD, ND*GD

Constant, ND*GD, GD, ND

0.276

P(ND) = 0.348

    

P(GD) = 0.360

    

P(ND*GD) = 0.276

Seedlings

ND, PS, ND*PS

Constant, ND*PS, ND, PS

0.217

P(ND) = 0.392

    

P(PS) = 0.388

    

P(ND*PS) = 0.217

 

PS, GD, PS*GD

Constant, PS

0.204

P(PS) = 0.399

    

P(GD) = 0.396

    

P(PS*GD) = 0.195

 

ND, GD, ND*GD

Constant, ND*GD, GD, ND

0.268

P(ND) = 0.357

    

P(GD) = 0.359

    

P(ND*GD) = 0.268

  1. Note: ND = Edge to edge distance from the nearest neighbor patch; PS = Patch size or area; GD = Mean of the pairwise center to center patch distance.