|
P (%) |
I |
Eroded/disturbed sites |
|
|
Betulapapyrifera |
38.43% |
0.17 |
Quercusrubra |
52.01% |
0.21 |
Acer rubrum |
59.89% |
0.22 |
Stable upland sites |
|
|
Betulapapyrifera |
45.07% |
0.18 |
Quercusrubra |
55.56% |
0.22 |
Acer rubrum |
58.82% |
0.21 |
Reference sites |
|
|
Betulapapyrifera |
41.64% |
0.17 |
Quercusrubra |
53.19% |
0.23 |
Acer rubrum |
60.78% |
0.25 |
|
Genetic diversity descriptive statistics. P: percentage of polymorphic loci; I: Shannon’s information index. |
Table 5: Level of polymorphism and Shannon’s information index in Betula papyrifera (white birch), Quercus rubra (red oak) and Acer rubrum (red maple) populations based on ISSR data. |