Table 2 The result of the multiple matrix regression with the distance matrix of local breeds as response and human population, ecological, historical and geographical distance matrices as explanatory variables.

From: Human and ecological determinants of the spatial structure of local breed diversity

Matrices

rM

p-value

 Intercept

0.232

1.00

Human population distance

0.292

0.01

Ecological distance

0.195

0.01

Historical distance

0.108

0.02

Geographic distance

0.139

0.02