Table 2. Average Euclidian distances between species calculated using the first three axes of a PCA on diet item scores per species within guilds (bold) and between guilds.
| Carnivore | Frugivore | Granivore | Herbivore | Insectivore | Nectarivore | Piscivore | Omnivore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnivore | 1.296 (0.017) | |||||||
| Frugivore | 9.286 (0.008) | 2.375 (0.004) | ||||||
| Granivore | 9.335 (0.009) | 11.503 (0.004) | 2.455 (0.005) | |||||
| Herbivore | 3.723 (0.020) | 7.980 (0.009) | 6.770 (0.011) | 2.131 (0.023) | ||||
| Insectivore | 9.134 (0.004) | 11.153 (0.002) | 11.749 (0.002) | 8.107 (0.004) | 1.782 (0.001) | |||
| Nectarivore | 2.601 (0.011) | 10.469 (0.005) | 11.071 (0.006) | 5.381 (0.013) | 9.588 (0.002) | 1.575 (0.008) | ||
| Piscivore | 2.261 (0.017) | 8.405 (0.008) | 8.408 (0.010) | 2.613 (0.020) | 7.695 (0.004) | 3.707 (0.012) | 1.368 (0.018) | |
| Omnivore | 5.760 (0.008) | 7.470 (0.004) | 7.678 (0.004) | 4.133 (0.009) | 7.019 (0.002) | 7.052 (0.005) | 4.435 (0.008) | 4.337 (0.004) |
Omnivores show higher within-guild average Euclidian distances than other guilds, suggesting that the diet similarity observed among omnivorous species is on average lower than diet similarity seen within any other guild. Numbers within parenthesis indicate s.e.'s.