Title: Data from: The relative influence of habitat amount and configuration on genetic structure across multiple spatial scales
Citation: Millette, Katie L.; Keyghobadi, Nusha (2015). Data from: The relative influence of habitat amount and configuration on genetic structure across multiple spatial scales [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.79gk4
Study Site: Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario
Purpose: Despite strong interest in understanding how habitat spatial structure shapes the genetics of populations, the relative importance of habitat amount and configuration for patterns of genetic differentiation remains largely unexplored in empirical systems. In this study, we evaluate the relative influence of, and interactions among, the amount of habitat and aspects of its spatial configuration on genetic differentiation in the pitcher plant midge, Metriocnemus knabi.
Abstract: Using generalized linear mixed models and multimodel inference, we estimated effects of the amount of habitat, patch size, interpatch distance, and patch isolation, measured at different spatial scales, on genetic differentiation (FST) among larval samples from leaves within plants, plants within clusters, and clusters within peatlands. Among leaves and plants, genetic differentiation appears to be driven by female oviposition behaviors and is influenced by habitat isolation at a broad (peatland) scale. Among clusters, gene flow is spatially restricted and aspects of both the amount of habitat and configuration at the focal scale are important, as is their interaction.
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Further Info: Millette, Katie L.; Keyghobadi, Nusha (2014), The relative influence of habitat amount and configuration on genetic structure across multiple spatial scales, Ecology and Evolution, Article-journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1325
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Geographical coordinates: North: 83.15, South: 41.909 East: -52.619 West: -141.010
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