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Table 4 Microbiota richness, evenness, and phylogenetic diversity vary with host taxonomy and dietary guild

From: Host phylogeny and host ecology structure the mammalian gut microbiota at different taxonomic scales

Model  Factor Chao 1 Richness Shannon diversity Phylogenetic diversity
Across all study sp.
(11 sp.) (N = 161) 		Host family χ2 = 53.58,
p < 0.001 		χ2 = 33.45
p < 0.001 		χ2 = 18.31
p = 0.001
Host dietary guild χ2 = 79.03
p < 0.001 		χ2 = 73.72
p < 0.001 		χ2 = 52.61
p < 0.001
Within bovids
(7 sp.) (N = 118) 		Host species χ2 = 57.03
p < 0.001 		χ2 = 10.81
p = 0.02 		χ2 = 50.53
p < 0.001
Host dietary guild χ2 = 19.55
p < 0.0001 		χ2 = 33.91
p < 0.0001 		χ2 = 10.67
p < 0.01
  1. Shown are the likelihood ratio χ2 test statistics obtained for linear mixed effects models specifying host dietary guild and host family as predictor variables, sample date as a random effect, and an alpha-diversity metric as a dependent variable. A similar model restricted to bovids was also constructed; it specified host species instead of host family. Significant p-values (α = 0.05) are bolded
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