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Table 1 Results of linear mixed-effect model investigating the influence of exploratory behavior, sex, scaled mass, activity level and latency to explore on Shannon’s index of the gut microbiome of the birds collected before and after captivity

From: Gut microbiome diversity and composition is associated with exploratory behavior in a wild-caught songbird

Variable

Degrees of freedom

Pre-captivity: F value (P-value)

Post-captivity: F value (P-value)

Exploratory Behavior

1

8.87 (0.009*)

9.00 (0.006*)

Sex

1

0.67 (0.421)

4.15 (0.053)

Scaled Mass

1

3.43 (0.074)

0.76 (0.391)

Activity Level

1

0.93 (0.342)

3.66 (0.068)

Latency to Approach First Object

1

0.28 (0.599)

0.66 (0.422)

  1. * indicates significance at 0.05 level