FIGURE 3.
Alpha diversity indices representing the fungal community richness and diversity among the six different bark beetles. The expected richness estimated by (A) ACE analysis and (B) Chao1 analysis indicated significant variation between Polygraphus poligraphus (PP) and other spruce feeding beetles while no such difference in community richness was observed between pine feeding beetles (IAC and SX). The gut fungal diversity illustrated by (C) Shannon index and (D) Simpson index documented similar diversity measures between Polygraphus poligraphus (PP) and Ips typographus (IT) compared to Ips duplicatus (ID) whereas Ips acuminatus (IAC) represented higher diversity than Ips sexdentatus (SX). The statistical analysis for the significant differences between groups is done by Wilcoxon signed-rank test where “∗” denotes p < 0.05, “∗∗” designates p < 0.01 and “∗∗∗” resembles p < 0.001.