Table 1.
Results of permutational MANOVA conducted with the adonis function in R
| Degrees of freedom | Sum of squares | Mean squares | F. model | R 2 | Pr (>F) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 1 | 3.457 | 3.457 | 8.986 | 0.0912 | 0.0001 |
| Treatment | 3 | 1.137 | 0.379 | 0.985 | 0.0300 | 0.4935 |
| Time:Treatment | 3 | 1.019 | 0.340 | 0.883 | 0.0269 | 0.8455 |
| Residuals | 84 | 32.310 | 0.385 | 0.8520 | ||
| Total | 91 | 37.922 | 1.0000 |
Comparisons were made using OTU-level classification of the sequencing reads for each bird and 10,000 permutations. Only the effect of time on community composition was significant (p < 0.0001). Taxonomic classifications of sequences against the RDP or Silva databases gave equivalent results.