Ecological Archives E086-046-A1

Marc T. J. Johnson and Anurag A. Agrawal. 2005. Plant genotype and environment interact to shape a diverse arthropod community on evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). Ecology 86:874–885.

Appendix A (Table A1). A test for crossover interactions for Simpson's diversity index using genetic correlations between each habitat (Thomas and Bazzaz 1993).



Sandy

Xeric

Mowed

Disturbed


Mesic

0.47
(-0.02-0.80)

0.5
(-0.03-0.88)

0.17
(-0.4-0.71)

0.28
(-0.45-0.79)

Sandy

 

0.29
(-0.26-0.63)

0.08
(-0.50-0.68)

0.16
(-0.53-0.68)

Xeric

   

0.17
(-0.45-0.72)

0.07
(-0.55-0.60)

Mowed

     

0.23
(-0.30-0.67)


   Notes: Spearman's rho was calculated using rank correlations (upper number), while 95% confidence intervals (in parentheses) were estimated using 1000 bootstraps, with replacement, on the original correlation using Systat. In no case do the confidence intervals reach the null hypothesis of 1 (i.e. no crossovers), indicating significant crossover interactions between all habitats. 

 

LITERATURE CITED

Thomas, S. C., and F. A. Bazzaz. 1993. The genetic component in plant size hierarchies: norms of reaction to density in a Polygonum species. Ecological Monographs 63:231–249.



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