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Table 3 Microsatellite diversity and N e point estimates for temporal Finnish wolf groups

From: Living on the edge: reconstructing the genetic history of the Finnish wolf population

Temporal sample

N

He(σ)

Ho(σ)

A

A R

P R

LD-N e (95% CIs)

N e by ONeSAMP(95% CIs)

Before 1920

12

0.669 (0.131)

0.624 (0.148)

5.00

3.72

0.59

20.5 (13.5 - 35.2)

13.2 (10.8 - 19.6)

1920 - 1959

6

0.721 (0.061)

0.741 (0.238)

4.73

4.18

0.45

NA

NA

1960 - 1979

22

0.686 (0.088)

0.729 (0.113)

5.47

3.60

0.22

76.4 (48.1 - 159.0)

24.3 (20.9 - 32.7)

1980 - 1993

18

0.676 (0.139)

0.622 (0.178)

5.53

3.70

0.27

45.2 (30.4 - 78.4)

23.1 (18.5 - 36.3)

1995 - 2009

30

0.697 (0.067)

0.712 (0.095)

5.93

3.67

0.23

99.2 (65.1 - 176.0)

37.2 (31.2 - 58.3)

  1. N sample size, He expected heterozygosity (standard deviation), Ho observed heterozygosity, A number of alleles, A R allelic richness, P R private allelic richness, LD-N e effective population size estimate based on linkage disequilibrium, NA not analysed due to small sample size.