Table 2.
Contribution of bat traits and feeding strategies to observed β-diversity of bat gut microbial communities.
| Df | Sums of Sqs | F. Model | r2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bat species | 5 | 1.767 | 14.188 | 0.174 | 0.001*** |
| Feeding strategy | 3 | 1.403 | 11.268 | 0.138 | 0.001*** |
| Sampling location | 1 | 0.839 | 4.416 | 0.083 | 0.004*** |
| Species sex | 1 | 0.318 | 1.583 | 0.031 | 0.130 |
| Intestine section | 2 | 0.274 | 0.666 | 0.027 | 0.758 |
| Species age | 1 | 0.070 | 0.812 | 0.007 | 0.526 |
| Residuals | 37 | 5.474 | 0.540 | ||
| Total | 50 | 10.145 | 1.000 | ||
| CONTROLLING FOR WITHIN GROUP VARIANCES IN BAT FEEDING STRATEGIES | |||||
| Bat species | 5 | 7.783 | 8.125 | 0.489 | 0.001*** |
| Sampling location | 1 | 0.223 | 1.166 | 0.014 | 0.001*** |
| Species sex | 1 | 0.415 | 1.415 | 0.089 | 0.572 |
| Intestine section | 2 | 0.280 | 0.731 | 0.018 | 0.831 |
| Species age | 1 | 0.359 | 1.873 | 0.023 | 0.168 |
| Residuals | 40 | 6.864 | 0.368 | ||
| Total | 50 | 15.924 | 1.000 | ||
| CONTROLLING FOR WITHIN GROUP VARIANCES IN EACH BAT SPECIE | |||||
| Feeding strategy | 3 | 4.365 | 6.110 | 0.274 | 0.021** |
| Sampling location | 1 | 1.415 | 4.487 | 0.089 | 1.000 |
| Species sex | 1 | 0.223 | 0.938 | 0.014 | 0.281 |
| Intestine section | 2 | 0.276 | 0.580 | 0.017 | 0.904 |
| Species age | 1 | 1.536 | 6.452 | 0.096 | 0.277 |
| Residuals | 42 | 8.109 | 0.509 | ||
| Total | 50 | 15.924 | 1.000 | ||
**
P ≤ 0.05,
***
P ≤ 0.001.