Table 3 Results of the environmental factors fitted onto the non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) based on the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity index of the species presence/absence matrix as well as the species genetic distance matrix.

From: Elevation in tropical sky islands as the common driver in structuring genes and communities of freshwater organisms

Levels

Data points

Factors

R2

NMDS1

NMDS2

P value

Communities

14/31

pH

0.9307

0.36577

0.3708

0.098

Velocity

0.46271

0.88651

0.6852

0.001*

Temperature

0.99318

0.11658

0.6973

0.001*

Bungona sp.

39/62

pH

0.96845

0.24923

0.223

0.013*

Velocity

0.28892

−0.95735

0.6985

0.001*

Temperature

0.59737

−0.80197

0.3675

0.001*

L. cf. vera

22/91

pH

−0.7019

−0.71228

0.0152

0.859

Velocity

−0.87667

−0.48109

0.0422

0.659

Temperature

−0.99639

0.08489

0.9709

0.001*

B. cf. sabahensis

53/84

pH

−0.090731

−0.99588

0.1671

0.006*

Velocity

0.076389

−0.99708

0.333

0.001*

Temperature

0.022417

−0.99975

0.4599

0.001*

T.sinuosus

15/62

pH

−0.15686

−0.98762

0.1128

0.437

Velocity

0.15686

0.98762

0.1128

0.437

Temperature

−0.15686

−0.98762

0.1128

0.437

  1. Analyses were performed through 1000 permutations with the vegan package82.