TABLE 1: Correlations (r 2 ) between total numbers of ant species and numbers of species within particular target genera, for sites distributed throughout Australia (continental scale; data from Andersen 1995b , n = 10) compared with sites located within the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory of Australia (regional scale; data from Andersen 1997c , n = 22).
| Target genus
| Continental
| Regional
|
| Camponotus
| 0.83
| 0.07
|
| Iridomyrmex
| 0.82
| 0.17
|
| Melophorus
| 0.81
| 0.47
|
| Monomorium
| 0.70
| 0.34
|
| Pheidole
| 0.44
| 0.26
|
| Rhytidoponera
| 0.07
| 0.38
|