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. 2015 Mar 26;10(3):e0122264. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122264

Table 2. Relative abundance for nine resident species that were detected significantly decreased from natural reference to e-waste polluted zone.

Family Species Exposed Surrounding Reference F p
Columbidae Spotted Dove 8.7 ± 1.9 8.7 ± 1.2 21.7 ± 4.3 7.141 0.026
Pycnonotidae Red-whiskered Bulbul 4.3 ± 2.6 12.7 ± 5.5 32.3 ± 6.9 7.239 0.025
Chinese Bulbul 37.3 ± 3.9 63.0 ± 7.0 72.0 ± 4.2 11.871 0.008
Sturnidae Crested Myna 31.3± 11.2 12.7 ± 4.5 109.7 ± 15.6 20.481 0.002
Timaliidae Hwamei 0 0 7.0 ± 2.0 10.253 0.008
Rufous-necked Scimitar Babbler 0 0 17.3 ± 5.4 10.440 0.011
Rufous-capped Babbler 0 0 5.3 ± 1.7 10.240 0.012
Paridae Great Tit 3.3 ± 1.8 8.7 ± 3.3 14.7 ± 1.5 6.028 0.037
Fringillidae Grey-capped Greenfinch 18.0 ± 11.4 14.7 ± 10.1 112.0 ± 25.7 10.280 0.012

Note: Species include only those with ≥ 4 detections and normal distributions. Relative abundance is expressed as mean number of birds detected within 50 m per point at each site. Results of F test, as well as table-wide significance (p) are also given. The F test of significance uses the type III sums-of-squares obtained from a linear mixed model.