Table 1.

Comparison of variation in taxa/OTUs diversity among different behavioural categories and colonies (as a factor nested in behavioural category; PERMANOVA based on Bray–Curtis dissimilarity indices and UniFrac weighted and unweighted distances)

PERMANOVA	df	SS	MS	F	R 2	p
Bray–Curtis
Behaviour type	2	0.36	0.18	2.45	0.06	0.001
Colony	12	1.65	0.14	1.86	0.26	0.001
Residuals	58	4.29	0.07		0.68
Total	72	6.31			1.00
Unifrac, unweighted
Behaviour type	2	0.20	0.10	1.89	0.05	0.046
Colony	12	1.03	0.09	1.60	0.24	0.008
Residuals	58	3.10	0.05		0.72
Total	72	4.33			1.00
Unifrac, weighted
Behaviour type	2	0.21	0.11	5.83	0.12	0.001
Colony	12	0.43	0.04	1.99	0.25	0.008
Residuals	58	1.05	0.02		0.62
Total	72	1.69			1.00