Phylogeographic divergence in the widespread delicate skink (Lampropholis delicata) corresponds to dry habitat barriers in eastern Australia

Table 6 Hierarchical Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA) for Lampropholis delicata populations and biogeographic regions.

Comparison	Observed Partition			Total Variance Components	Total Sum of Squares	P
	Among Populations	Within Populations
All populations	97.7% (118)	2.3% (119)		70.09	16488.29	< 0.001 (237)
	Among Regions	Among Populations within Regions	Within Populations
a priori biogeographic barriers	64.1% (9)	33.8% (109)	2.1% (119)	78.72	16488.29	All comparisons < 0.001 (237)
a priori + a posteriori biogeographic barriers	66.5% (11)	31.4% (107)	2.1% (119)	78.57	16488.29	All comparisons < 0.001 (237)

Separate analyses are conducted for the nine biogeographic barriers that were identified a priori (Tables 1 and 2), and including the two additional barriers identified a posteriori (i.e. Blackdown Tableland, Coolah Tops). The degrees of freedom are indicated in parentheses. Statistical significance (P) was tested with 10,000 permutations.

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