| |
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. |