Table 2 Diversity cascade for brush-tailed rabbit-rats, showing the amount of genetic diversity held within and among hierarchical strata.

From: Population genomics and conservation management of a declining tropical rodent

Parameter

Lineage

Population

Diversity value

γ = Q(GT)

  

0.184

δ = Q(AR)

  

0.091

σ = Q(WR)

Mainland

 

0.097

Tiwi Islands

 

0.113

β = Q(AP/WR)

Mainland

 

0.014

Tiwi Islands

 

0.008

α = Q(WP/WR)

Mainland

Cobourg East

0.094

Mitchell Plateau

0.060

Tiwi Islands

Bathurst Island

0.056

Melville Island

0.121

  1. GT grand total, AR among region/lineage, WR within region, AP/WR among population within region, WP/WR within population within region.
  2. Two populations on the Australian mainland and two populations on the Tiwi Islands were used in the analysis. The Q diversity value is derived from Rao’s Quadratic Entropy, a commonly used measure of diversity in ecological communities, with values converted into an analogue suitable for genomic data.
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