Table 2.
Results of PERMANOVA of species composition (counts of each species) in helminth (H) and ectoparasite (EC) communities harboured by adult and young male and female reedbuck from 2 localities
| H/EC | Factor | d.f. | Sum of squares | R2 | F | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | Age | 1 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 2.12 | 0.09 |
| Sex | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.96 | |
| Locality | 1 | 1.05 | 0.18 | 11.66 | <0.001 | |
| Age × sex | 1 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.80 | 0.54 | |
| Age × locality | 1 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 1.73 | 0.15 | |
| Sex × locality | 1 | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.13 | 0.97 | |
| Age × sex × locality | 1 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 2.21 | 0.09 | |
| Residual | 47 | 4.23 | 0.72 | |||
| Total | 54 | 5.88 | 1 | |||
| EC | Age | 1 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 2.91 | 0.04 |
| Sex | 1 | 0.31 | 0.04 | 2.42 | 0.07 | |
| Locality | 1 | 1.78 | 0.21 | 13.99 | <0.001 | |
| Age × sex | 1 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.91 | 0.46 | |
| Age × locality | 1 | 0.22 | 0.03 | 1.71 | 0.18 | |
| Sex × locality | 1 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.81 | |
| Age × sex × locality | 1 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.73 | 0.58 | |
| Residual | 43 | 5.46 | 0.65 | |||
| Total | 50 | 8.38 | 1 |