Table 2.
Pairwise comparisons of microbial composition within habitats
| Pairwise habitats | Observed statistic | Free stepdown adj. p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caterpillars | dunes - riverine grass. | 354.2 | 0.001 |
| nat. grass. - riverine grass. | 324.8 | 0.006 | |
| dunes - nat. grass. | 302.3 | 0.007 | |
| Soil | dunes - riverine grass. | 16,252 | 0.001 |
| nat. grass. - riverine grass. | 37,025 | 0.001 | |
| dunes - nat. grass. | 13,038 | 0.001 |
A negative binomial GLM was used. Multivariate test statistics were calculated using the log-likelihood ratio with 999 iterations via PIT-trap resampling. Significant results (p-value < 0.05) are in bold
Pairwise comparison of bacterial community composition of caterpillars and soil samples in within the three habitats based on the highly abundant ASVs (≥ 0.1% relative abundance)