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Table 1 Results of mantel and partial mantel test of landscape genetics of the gecko Oedura lesueurii, with a listing of variables included in the models (number of rivers [River] and number of roads [Walking track; Dirt Road; Paved Road; All road] between sites, minimum elevation between sites sites [min. elevation], mean elevation of sites minus the minimum elevation between sites [Mean elevation - min. elevation], straight-line distance [Distance] and true distance between sites [True distance]), the number of parameters per model, R 2 (total variance explained by the model), coefficient of correlation, P-value of parameters (The level of significance for our tests was set at α = 0.0028 (Bonferroni correction; i.e. 0.05/18 = 0.0028, where 18 represents the number of tests performed), AIC, Δ AIC, and AIC weight

From: Phylogeography and dispersal in the velvet gecko (Oedura lesueurii), and potential implications for conservation of an endangered snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)

Variable

K

R2

Coeff corr.

P-value

AIC

ΔAIC

AIC w

Distance & min. elevation

3

57.87

  

−257.78

/

0.2686

Distance

  

0.56

0.0001*

   

Min. elevation

  

−0.51

0.0001*

   

River & Min. elevation & distance

4

58.85

  

−257.72

0.06

0.2606

River

  

−0.44

0.0001*

   

Min. elevation

  

−0.61

0.0001*

   

Distance

  

0.15

0.0362

   

River & Dirt road & Distance & Min. Elevation

5

59.13

  

−256.29

1.49

0.1275

River

  

−0.44

0.0001*

   

Dirt road

  

0.19

0.0085

   

Distance

  

0.37

0.0001*

   

Min. elevation

  

−0.47

0.0001*

   

Min. elevation & Dirt road & distance

4

58.08

  

−256.20

1.58

0.1219

Min. elevation

  

−0.75

0.0001*

   

Dirt road

  

0.15

0.0465

   

Distance

  

0.06

0.3982

   

Distance & mean - min. elevation & min. elevation

4

57.87

  

−255.79

1.99

0.0993

Min. elevation

  

−0.75

0.0001*

   

Mean - min. elevation

  

0.05

0.4932

   

Distance

  

0.14

0.0516

   

Min. elevation

2

55.59

−0.75

0.0001*

−255.44

2.34

0.0834

Min. elevation & mean - min. elevation

 

55.84

  

−253.91

3.87

0.0388

Min. elevation

3

 

−0.75

0.0001*

   

Mean - min. elevation

  

0.05

0.4870

   

Distance & mean elevation - min. elevation

3

39.71

  

−228.22

29.56

0.0000

Distance

  

0.56

0.0001*

   

Mean elevation - min. elevation

  

0.29

0.0002*

   

Distance & river

3

36.65

  

−224.13

33.65

0.0000

Distance

  

0.56

0.0001*

   

River

  

−0.23

0.0019*

   

Distance & dirt road

3

31.49

  

−217.67

40.11

0.0000

Distance

  

0.56

0.0001*

   

Dirt road

  

0.01

0.9289

   
  1. Only Mantel and partial Mantel tests (total of 18) with the 10 best AIC values are shown.
  2. In grey, best model (bold) and models with a Δ AIC < 2.