Table 2. Results of NMDS and ANOSIM for each hypothesis of lineage/bird species grouping proposed, with significant differences in bold.

Hypothesis		Parasite lineages		Bird species
		Stress	p	Stress	p
Habitat *	AF vs. BS vs. DF	0.2192	0.045	0.1654	0.1064
	AF+BS vs. DF	0.2158	0.6219	0.1637	0.8115
	AF+DF vs. BS	0.2148	0.5975	0.1652	0.2283
	AF vs. BS+DF	0.2186	0.005	0.1643	0.029

^*AF = Atlantic rainforest, BS = Brazilian savannah, DF = tropical dry forest.