Appendix 1. List of 102 unique plant species (113 data points) included in the meta-analyses. Each species exhibits the botanical family, the genetic parameters evaluated in the study, the molecular marker used, the compatibility system (Compat. system), mating system, pollination vector (Pollin. vector), seed dispersal vector (Seed disper.), ploidy level, vegetative growth capability (Veget. growth), life form, type of rarity, studied tissue, time elapsed in fragmentation conditions and the source publication where information was obtained. He: Heterozygosity, A: number of alleles, P: percent polymorphic loci, OR: outcrossing rate, FIS: inbreeding coefficient. --: no information available Species Acer saccarum Anacamptis palustris Andropogon gerardii Angelica palustris Anthyllis vulneraria Araucaria columnaris Araucaria columnaris Araucaria nemorosa Araucaria nemorosa Arctophila fulva var. pendulina Family He A P OR FIS Aceraceae X X X Orchidaceae X X Poaceae X Apiaceae X Fabaceae X Araucariaceae X X X Araucariaceae Araucariaceae Araucariaceae X Molecular Compat. markera systemb Mating systemc Pollin. Seed Plovector disper. idyd Veget. growth Life forme Alloz SC Outcross Wind Abiotic Dip No Tree cpDNA SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No PH RAPD SI Outcross Wind Abiotic Pol Yes PH RAPD SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic Dip No SLH AFLP SC Selfing Biotic Biotic -- Yes PH X Micro SC Outcross Wind Abiotic -- No Tree X X Micro SC Outcross Wind Abiotic -- No Tree X X X Micro SC Outcross Wind Abiotic -- No Tree X X X Micro SC Outcross Wind Abiotic -- No Tree Biotic Biotic -- Yes PH X Poaceae X X AFLP -- -- Ardisia crenata Myrsinaceae X X RAPD SC Outcross Biotic Biotic -- Yes Sh Armeria maritima Plumbaginaceae X X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- -- PH Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- Yes PH Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Pol Yes SLH Arnica montana Asteraceae X X X Aster kantoensis Asteraceae X X X Begonia dregei Begoniaceae X X X X Alloz SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic Dip No PH Begonia homonyma Begoniaceae X X X X Alloz SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic Dip No PH X Rari- Studied Time Referencei tyf tissueg elapsedh Baucom et Com Adult 50-100 al. (2005) Cozzolino et Rec Adult -al. (2003) Gustafson et Com Prog -al. (2004) Ditbrenner Nat Adult <50 et al. (2005) Honnay et Com Adult >100 al. (2006)a Kettle et al. Com Adult >100 (2007) Kettle et al. Com Prog -(2007) Kettle et al. Rec Adult >100 (2007) Kettle et al. Rec Prog -(2007) Kreivi et al Rec Adult <50 (2005) Zhao et al. Com Adult 50-100 (2006) Weidema et Com Adult -al. (1996) Luijten et al. Rec Adult 50-100 (2000) Maki et al. Nat Adult -(1996) Matolweni et Nat Adult 50-100 al. (2000) Matolweni et Nat Adult 50-100 al. (2000) Briza media Caesalpinia echinata Calamagrostis cainii Calystegia collina Calystegia collina Carapa guianensis Carapa guianensis Carapa guianensis Poaceae X Fabaceae X Poaceae X X X X X X Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae X X Ceiba aesculifolia Ceiba grandiflora Centaurea corymbosa Changiostyrax dolichocarpa Clarkia dudleyana Clematis acerifolia Cochlearia bavarica Dictamnus albus SI Outcross Wind Abiotic Dip Yes PH Com Adult >100 AFLP SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- -- Tree Rec Adult >100 X Alloz -- Wind Biotic -- Yes PH Rec Adult -- X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Nat Adult -- Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Nat Adult -- X X -- Meliaceae X X X Micro SI Outcross Biotic Biotic Dip No Tree Com Adult <50 Meliaceae X X X Micro SI Outcross Biotic Biotic Dip No Tree Com Prog -- Meliaceae X X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Biotic Dip No Tree Com Prog -- X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Biotic -- -- Tree Com Prog -- X Alloz SI Outcross Wind Abiotic -- Yes PH Com Adult >100 X Micro SI Outcross Biotic Biotic -- No Tree Com Adult 50-100 X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No EpLL Nat Adult 50-100 X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Com Prog -- Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Com Prog -- X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Biotic -- -- PH Nat Adult 50-100 X Micro -- -- Dip -- Tree Nat Adult -- Abiotic -- -- SLH Com Prog <50 -- Dip No Sh Nat Adult <50 Carapa procera Meliaceae Carex davalliana Caryocar brasiliense Catasetum viridiflavum Alloz Cyperaceae X X Caryocaracea e X X Orchidaceae X X Bombacaceae X X X X Bombacaceae X Asteraceae X X Styracaceae X X Onagraceae X X X X Alloz SC Ranunculaceae X X X X Alloz -- Brassicaceae X X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Pol No PH Nat Adult <50 Rutaceae X X RAPD SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Rec Adult 50-100 -- Biotic Outcross Biotic -- -- Prentice et al. (2006) Cardoso et al. (2005) Godt et al. (1996) Wolf et al. (2000)a Wolf et al. (2000)b Dayanandan et al. (1999) Dayanandan et al. (1999) Hall et al. (1994) Doligez & Joly (1997) Hooftman et al. (2004) Collevati et al. (2001) Murren (2003) HerreríasDiego PhD Thesis Quesada et al. (2004) Colas et al. (1997) Yao et al. (2007) Podolski (2001) López-Pujol et al. (2005) Paschke et al. (2002) Hensen & Oberprieler Dieffenbachia seguine Araceae Dinizia excelsa Fabaceae Dryobalanops aromatica Embotrium coccineum Dipterocarpaceae Proteaceae X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Biotic -- Yes PH Com Adult -- X Micro SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No Tree Nat Prog <50 X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- -- Tree Com Prog -- X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Com Prog 50-100 X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- -- Tree Com Prog -- X X X Enterolobium cyclocarpum Fabaceae Erigeron parishii Asteraceae X X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No PH Nat Adult <50 Eriogonum ovalifolium Polygonaceae X X X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- Yes Sh Nat Adult <50 Eucalyptus albens Myrtaceae X X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Biotic Dip No Tree Com Prog >100 Myrtaceae X X X Micro SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Rec Adult >100 Myrtaceae X X X Micro SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Rec Prog -- Fagus sylvatica Fagaceae X X X Micro SI Outcross Wind Abiotic Dip No Tree Com Prog >100 Alloz SC Outcross Wind Abiotic -- Yes PH Com Adult >100 Micro SC Selfing‡ Wind Abiotic Dip No Tree Com Adult >100 Eucalyptus benthamii Eucalyptus benthamii Filipendula vulgaris Rosaceae Fraxinus excelsior Oleaceae Gentiana Gentianaceae pneumonanthe Gentiana Gentianaceae pneumonanthe X X X X X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No PH Rec Adult -- X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No PH Rec Prog -- (2005) CuartasHernandez & NuñezFarfan (2006) Dick et al. (2003) Lee (2000) Mathiasen et al. (2007) Rocha & Aguilar (2001) Neel & Ellstrand (2001) Neel & Ellstrand (2003) Prober & Brown (1994) Butcher et al. (2005) Butcher et al. (2005) Jump & Pañuelas (2006) Weidema et al. (2000) Bacles et al. (2005); Heuertz et al. (2003) Raijmann et al. (1994) Raijmann et al. (1994) Gentianella germanica Gentianaceae X RAPD SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic Dip No SLH Rec Prog -- Alloz -- -- Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Rec Adult -- AFLP SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic Dip -- PH Nat Adult -- AFLP SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic -- No Sh Com Adult <50 Geum radiatum Rosaceae X Globularia bisnagarica Globulariacea e X Grevillea caleyi Proteaceae X X Proteaceae X X X Micro SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic -- -- Sh Rec Adult >100 Orchidaceae X X X Micro SC Selfing‡ Biotic Abiotic -- -- PH Com Adult <50 Gypsophila fastigiata Caryophyllaceae X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No PH Com Prog -- Hakea carinata Proteaceae X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No Sh Com Prog >100 Halocarpus bidwillii Podocarpaceae X X X Alloz SI Outcross Wind Abiotic Dip No Sh Com Prog >100 Hebe speciosa Plantaginaceae X X X AFLP SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes Sh Rec Adult 50-100 Iris atrofusca Iridaceae X X RAPD SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Nat Adult <50 Juniperus communis Cupressaceae X X X X Alloz SI Outcross Wind Biotic Dip Yes Sh Com Adult <50 Lambertia orbifolia Proteaceae X X X X Alloz SC -- -- No Sh Nat Prog -- Fabaceae X X Alloz SC Abiotic Dip No PH Com Adult -- Berberidaceae X X X Alloz SC Selfing Biotic Biotic -- No PH Rec Adult <50 X X X Micro SC Selfing‡ Biotic Abiotic Dip -- PH Com Adult <50 X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No PH Com Prog 50-100 AFLP SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Com Adult >100 Grevillea macleayana Gymnadenia conopsea Lathyrus vernus Leontice microrhyncha Lychnis floscuculi Caryophyllaceae CaryophyLychnis viscaria llaceae Maianthemum Liliaceae X X X X X X X X X X Selfing Biotic Outcross Biotic Fischer & Matthies (1998) Godt et al. (1996) Honnay et al. (2007) Llorens et al. (2004) England et al. (2002) Gustafsson et al. (2000) Lönn y Prentice (2002) Starr & Carthew (1989) Billington (1991) Armstrong & De Lange (2005) Arafeh et al. (2002) Oostermeijer & De Knegt (2004) Coates & Hamley (1999) Schiemann et al. (2000) Chang et al. (2004) Galeuchet et al. (2005) Lammi et al. (1999) Honnay et bifolium Microseris lanceolata Asteraceae Pachira quinata Bombacaceae Paris quadrifolia Parnassia palustris Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Pol Yes PH Rec Prog -- Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No Tree Com Prog -- X AFLP SC Selfing Biotic Biotic -- Yes PH Com Adult >100 X Alloz SC Selfing‡ Biotic Abiotic Dip -- PH Nat Adult <50 AFLP SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No HpSL Rec Adult -- Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Com Adult <50 X Alloz SC Selfing‡ Wind Biotic -- -- Tree Com Prog -- X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Biotic Dip No Tree Com Prog <50 RAPD SI Outcross Wind Abiotic -- -- Tree Nat Adult -- Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Com Adult <50 Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Com Adult <50 X X X Trilliaceae X Saxifragaceae X Pedicularis palustris Scrophulariaceae X Pentadethra macroloba Fabaceae X X Picea glauca Pinaceae X X Fabaceae X X Rosaceae X Primula elatior Primulaceae X Primula elatior Primulaceae X Primula veris Primulaceae X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Com Adult <50 Primulaceae X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No PH Rec Adult <50 Micro SC Selfing‡ Wind Biotic -- No Tree Nat Adult <50 RAPD SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- Yes SLH Rec Adult -- Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic Pol No PH Nat Prog >100 Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- -- PH Rec Adult 50-100 X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Com Prog -- X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- Yes PH Rec Adult -- Pithecellobium elegans Polylepis australis Primula vulgaris Quercus humboldtii Ranunculus reptans Rutidosis leptorrhynchoi des X X X X X X X Fagaceae X Ranunculaceae X Asteraceae X X X Salvia pratensis Lamiaceae X X X Samanea saman Sarracenia rubra Fabaceae X Sarraceniaceae X X X X X X X X X al.(2006)b Prober et al. (1998) Fusch et al. (2003) Jacquemyn et al. (2006) Bonnin et al. (2002) Schmidt & Jensen (2000) Hall et al. (1994) O’connell et al. (2006) Hall et al. (1996) Julio et al. (2008) Jacquemyn et al. (2004) Van Rossum et al. (2002) Van Rossum et al. (2004) Van Rossum et al. (2004) Fernandez & Sork (2005) Fischer et al. (2000) Young et al. (1999) Van Treuren et al. (1991) Cascante et al. (2002) Godt & Hamrick Scabiosa columbaria Scabiosa columbaria Scutellaria montana Shorea curtisii Shorea megistophylla Silene nutans Dipsacaceae X Dipsacaceae X X X Lamiaceae X X X DipterOutcros sarPaceae DipterOutcros sarpaceae Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae CaryophySilene rothmaleri llaceae CaryophySilene sennenii llaceae Silene regia X X RAPD SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No SLH Rec Prog 50-100 Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip No SLH Rec Adult 50-100 Alloz SC Selfing‡ Abiotic Dip No PH Nat Adult -- X Micro SC Outcross Biotic -- -- -- Tree Com Prog -- Obayashi et al. (2002) X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Biotic -- -- Tree Rec Prog -- Murawski et al. (1994) Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip Yes PH Com Adult -- Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Pol No PH Nat Adult -- RAPD SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- -- PH Rec Adult -- X X X X Biotic X X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic Dip -- PH Nat Adult <50 Rosaceae X X X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Biotic -- No Tree Com Adult >100 Poaceae X RAPD SI Outcross Wind Abiotic Pol Yes PH Com Prog -- Lamiaceae X X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- Yes PH Rec Adult >100 Dipsacaceae X X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- Yes PH Com Adult >100 Dipsacaceae X X X Alloz SC Selfing‡ Biotic Abiotic -- Yes PH Com Adult <50 Swainsona recta Fabaceae X X X Alloz SC Selfing Biotic Abiotic Pol No PH Rec Prog 50-100 Swertia perennis Gentianaceae X X X X Alloz SC Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- Yes PH Com Adult 50-100 Swietenia X X X X Micro SI Outcross Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Com Adult <50 Sorbus aucuparia Sorghastrum nutans Stachys maritima Succisa pratensis Succisa pratensis Meliaceae (1998) Pluess & Stöcklin (2004) Van Treuren et al (1991) Cruzan (2001) Van Rossum & Prentice (2004) Dolan (1994) Cotrim et al. (2003) López-Pujol et al. (2007) Bacles et al. (2004); Raspé & Jacquemart (1998) Gustafson et al. (2004) López-Pujol et al. (2003) Hooftman et al. (2004) Vergeer et al. (2003) Buza et al. (2000) Lienert et al. (2002) White et al. humilis Swietenia macrophylla Symphonia globurifera Symphonia globurifera Meliaceae X X X Micro SC Selfing‡ Biotic Abiotic -- No Tree Nat Adult <50 Clusiaceae X X X Micro SC Outcross Biotic Biotic -- No Tree Com Adult <50 Clusiaceae X X X Micro SC Outcross Biotic Biotic -- No Tree Com Prog -- Taxus baccata Taxaceae X RAPD SI Outcross Wind Biotic -- No Tree Com Adult >100 Trichophorum cespitosum Cyperaceae X X X X Alloz -- Wind Abiotic Dip Yes PH Rec Adult -- Trillium Trilliaceae camschatcense X X X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Biotic Dip No PH Com Adult >100 Trillium reliquum Trilliaceae X X X X Alloz SI Outcross Biotic Biotic -- Yes PH Rec Adult >100 Viola pubescens Violaceae X X X X Alloz SC Abiotic Dip No PH Com Adult >100 Totals Species 102 Families 47 He 101 X -- Selfing Biotic (1999) Novick et al. (2003) Aldrich et al. (1998) Aldrich et al. (1998) Hilfiker et al. (2004) Godt et al. (1996) Tomimatsu & Ohara (2003) Gonzales & Hamrick (2005) Culley & Grubb (2003) A P OR FIS 77 57 18 62 Alloz: allozymes, Micro: microsatellites; bSI: self-incompatible, SC: self-compatible, cOutcross: outcrossing, Selfing‡: mixed mating with explicit capability of selfing; dDip: diploid, Pol: polyploid; e Sh: shrub, PH: perennial herb, SLH: short-lived herb, HpSL: hemi-parasite short-lived, EpLL: epiphyte long-lived, fCom: common, Rec: recently rare, Nat: naturally rare; gProg: progeny, h <50: less than 50 years, 50-100: between 50 and 100 years, >100: more than 100 years; iA complete list of the references where data was obtained is in Appendix S2 of the supplementary material. a