Gut microbiota of the threatened takahē: biogeographic patterns and conservation implications

Table 1 Statistical outputs for beta-diversity Bray–Curtis and gUniFrac matrices using PERMANOVA analyses performed with 9999 permutations

	PERMANOVA for Bray–Curtis matrix			PERMANOVA for gUniFrac matrix
Covariate	p value	F-statistic	R²	p value	F-statistic	R²
Location	< 0.001***	3.27	0.32	< 0.001***	3.36	0.32
Supplemental feeding	< 0.001***	3.37	0.11	< 0.001***	3.92	0.13
Habitat type	< 0.001***	4.13	0.07	0.01*	3.11	0.05
Age	0.64	0.80	0.02	0.94	0.46	0.008
Sex	0.12	1.45	0.03	0.17	1.41	0.03
Hatch site	0.06	1.23	0.21	0.15	1.19	0.21
Nest site	0.06	1.23	0.21	0.15	1.86	0.21
Origin	0.55	0.93	0.03	0.92	0.59	0.02

Significant p values are denoted with asterisks (p < 0.05 = *, p < 0.01 = **, p < 0.001 = ***)

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