Table 3 Partial Mantel tests for correlations among phenotypic variance (while accounting for neutral divergence: QST–FST) and both ecological (niche model predicted suitability and population density) and geographic distance matrices among wood frog populations.

From: Ecological adaptation drives wood frog population divergence in life history traits

Matrix 1

Matrix 2

Matrix 3

Dependent matrix

Larval density

Trait

Independent matrix

r

P value

Independent matrix

r

P value

QST–FST

Low

Larval period

Ecological

0.335

0.018

Geographic

0.190

0.097

  

Weight

Ecological

0.354

0.008

Geographic

−0.029

0.449

  

Femur-SVL ratio

Ecological

0.272

0.039

Geographic

−0.002

0.463

 

High

Larval period

Ecological

−0.103

0.271

Geographic

0.285

0.040

  

Femur-SVL ratio

Ecological

−0.047

0.404

Geographic

0.181

0.126

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance p < 0.05.