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Table 1 Effects of the gut section (i.e. duodenum, jejunum and ileum), species (i.e. common nightingale and thrush nightingale), region (i.e. sympatry and allopatry) and the interaction between species and region on α-diversity indexes assessed by linear mixed models

From: Gut microbiota in two recently diverged passerine species: evaluating the effects of species identity, habitat use and geographic distance

Response variable

Explanatory variable

Chisq

df

p-value

Chao1 index

Gut section

12.050

2

0.002

Species

1.464

1

0.226

Region

0.102

1

0.749

Species × region

1.559

1

0.212

Shannon index

Gut section

3.890

2

0.143

Species

1.239

1

0.265

Region

0.035

1

0.852

Species × region

1.625

1

0.202

No. of OTUs

Gut section

11.093

2

0.004

Species

1.512

1

0.219

Region

0.054

1

0.816

Species × region

1.545

1

0.214

  1. α-diversity was estimated by Chao1 and Shannon diversity indexes as well as the number of observed OTUs. Individual identity was set as a random effect. Significant p-values are marked in bold