Table 2. Results of Student’s t-test and the Monte Carlo permutation test of differences in the UniFrac distances for pairwise comparisons among groups.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | t statistic | p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | All within Group | All between Group | −17.881 | 0.000*** |
| WFVs vs. WFVs | WFVs vs. WFRf | −16.090 | 0.000*** | |
| WFVs vs. WFVs | WFVs vs. WFHa | −22.230 | 0.000*** | |
| WFRf vs. WFRf | WFVs vs. WFRf | −8.363 | 0.000*** | |
| WFRf vs. WFRf | WFRf vs. WFHa | −7.793 | 0.000*** | |
| WFHa vs. WFHa | WFVs vs. WFHa | −12.663 | 0.000*** | |
| WFHa vs. WFHa | WFRf vs. WFHa | −8.920 | 0.000*** | |
| Captive | All within Group | All between Group | −19.425 | 0.000*** |
| FVs vs. FVs | FVs vs. FRf | −2.499 | 0.381 | |
| FVs vs. FVs | FVs vs. FHa | −15.337 | 0.000*** | |
| FRf vs. FRf | FVs vs. FRf | −3.014 | 0.085 | |
| FRf vs. FRf | FHa vs. FRf | −15.644 | 0.000*** | |
| FHa vs. FHa | FVs vs. FHa | −48.674 | 0.000*** | |
| FHa vs. FHa | FHa vs. FRf | −58.733 | 0.000*** |
Notes.
p-value was corrected by Bonferroni method.
p-value ≤ 0.001.