Table 5.

Correlation matrix of animal gender, age, weight, and rumen ciliate counts of European bison.

	Gender	Age, years	Weight, kg	Entod	Epid	Eremopl.	Eudipl.	Elytropl.	Metad.	Ophryo.	Ostracod.	Dasytr.	Isotr.	Diplod.
Gender
Age, years	0.32 (0.20)
Weight, kg	−0.11 (0.67)	0.70 (0.001)
Entod	−0.03 (0.90)	−0.13 (0.62)	−0.25 (0.32)
Epid	0.15 (0.56)	−0.33 (0.19)	−0.47 (0.05)	0.02 (0.93)
Eremo	−0.12 (0.69)	0.19 (0.54)	0.33 (0.27)	0.83 (0.001)	0.66 (0.01)
Eudipl	0.07 (0.77)	0.14 (0.59)	0.14 (0.58)	0.72 (0.001)	0.74 (0.64)	0.75 (0.003)
Elytropl	0.39 (0.11)	−0.14 (0.57)	−0.36 (0.15)	0.40 (0.11)	0.23 (0.35)	0.25 (0.40)	0.10 (0.68)
Metad	0.10 (0.69)	−0.08 (0.76)	−0.07 (0.78)	0.22 (0.38)	−0.01 (0.97)	0.29 (0.34)	−0.04 (0.86)	0.03 (0.92)
Ophryo	0.30 (0.47)	0.73 (0.04)	0.43 (0.29)	0.33 (0.43)	−0.38 (0.36)	0.36 (0.43)	0.69 (0.06)	0.59 (0.13)	−0.35 (0.39)
Ostrac	0.20 (0.55)	−0.27 (0.42)	−0.40 (0.22)	0.62 (0.04)	0.03 (0.94)	0.75 (0.03)	0.17 (0.63)	0.93 (0.001)	0.02 (0.95)	−0.34 (0.51)
Dasytr	−0.26 (0.30)	−0.07 (0.78)	0.11 (0.67)	−0.24 (0.95)	−0.24 (0.33)	0.02 (0.94)	−0.16 (0.52)	−0.12 (0.64)	0.20 (0.44)	−0.10 (0.82)	−0.11 (0.75)
Isotr	0.30 (0.24)	0.08 (0.77)	−0.37 (0.15)	0.73 (0.001)	0.40 (0.11)	0.66 (0.01)	0.63 (0.007)	0.62 (0.008)	−0.03 (0.92)	0.34 (0.41)	0.68 (0.02)	0.01 (0.97)
Diplod	0.03 (0.90)	0.04 (0.32)	0.04 (0.88)	0.46 (0.05)	−0.13 (0.62)	0.32 (0.29)	0.25 (0.31)	−0.02 (0.94)	0.14 (0.59)	0.49 (0.22)	−0.14 (0.69)	0.33 (0.18)	0.41 (0.10)
Totals	−0.10 (0.69)	−0.13 (0.61)	−0.20 (0.43)	0.94 (0.001)	−0.05 (0.84)	0.78 (0.002)	0.63 (0.005)	0.34 (0.17)	0.28 (0.27)	0.29 (0.48)	0.59 (0.06)	0.32 (0.20)	0.72 (0.001)	0.56 (0.02)

The first value is correlation coefficient r, and a number in parentheses is probability value P. The significant values are highlighted.