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Supplementary Information
Figure S1 Plots of K (DeltaK) versus K in STRUCTURE analyses. K calculated
according to Evanno et al. (2005) and based on 10 replicates for each value of K. (a) All
samples of Pseudopanax ferox (b) Samples from cluster 1 (northern North Island and
northern South Island) (c) Samples from cluster 2 (southern North Island and eastern and
southern South Island.
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Fig. S2 Representative STRUCTURE results for Pseudopanax ferox. (a) All samples with
K = 2, partitioning populations from the northern North Island and northern South Island (=
Cluster 1) from those in the southern North Island and eastern and southern South Island (=
Cluster 2). (b) Cluster 1 with K = 2, partitioning populations from the northern North Island
(= Cluster 1a) from those in the northern South Island (= Cluster 1b). (c) Cluster 2 with K =
2, partitioning populations from the southern North Island (= Cluster 2a) from those in the
eastern and southern South Island (= Cluster 2b).
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Fig. S3 Representative STRUCTURE result for Pseudopanax ferox samples from cluster 1
(northern North Island plus northern South Island) with K = 5.
Fig. S4 Representative STRUCTURE result for Pseudopanax ferox samples from cluster 2
(southern North Island plus eastern and southern South Island) with K = 5.
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Table S1 Nuclear heterozygosities and FST estimates for other tree species. Updated from
Muller et al. (2009).
Species
Metrosideros boninensis
Santalum austrocaledonicum
Pterocapus officinalis
Pseudopanax ferox
Santalum insulare
Grevillea macleayana
Symphonia globulifera
Caryocar brasiliense
Swietenia macrophylla
Swietenia macrophylla
Vouacapoua americana
Fraxinus excelsior
Melaleuca alternifolia
Betula maximowicziana
Vitellaria paradoxa
Prunus africana
Picea abies
Eugenia uniflora
Fagus japonica
Reference
n HE per locus FST
Kaneko et al. 2008
105
0.17-0.53 0.41
Bottin et al. 2005
431
0.03-0.74 0.33
Muller et al. 2009
202
0.24-0.59 0.29
This study
109
0.20-0.87 0.27
Lhuillier et al. 2006
162
0.27-0.56 0.23
England et al. 2002
130
0.42-0.53 0.22
Dick & Heuertz 2008
380
0.68-0.89 0.14
Collevatti et al. 2001
314
0.58-0.85 0.11
Novick et al. 2003
284
0.59-0.80 0.11
Lemes et al. 2003
194
0.75-0.81 0.10
Dutech et al. 2004
408
0.34-0.52 0.08
Heuertz et al. 2004
1069
0.43-0.98 0.08
Rossetto et al. 1999
500
0.52-0.85 0.07
Tsuda & Ide 2005
1014
0.04-0.63 0.06
Sanou et al. 2005
169
0.23-0.35 0.05
Farwig et al. 2008
110
0.76-0.82 0.03
Tollefsrud et al. 2009
1715
0.49-0.69 0.03
Ferreira-Ramos et al. 2008
84
0.82-0.83 0.03
Hiraoka & Tomaru 2009
545
0.63-0.68 0.02
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