Male-biased gastrointestinal parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mountain ungulate

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Parasite community diversity and aggregation analysis of Pyrenean chamois (17 ♀ and 11 ♂) from Freser-Setcases National Game Reserve, Catalonia, Spain

Digestive portion	Richness		PIE		C-score
	♂	♀	♂	♀	♀				♂
	♂	♀	♂	♀	O	E	P	SES	O	E	P	SES
Abomasum	9	8	0.83	0.74	6.14	13.02	<0,001	-4.08	1.11	3.68	0.000	-4.86
Small intestine	9	7	0.40	0.30	8.29	9.89	0.006	-2.77	1.97	3.04	0.026	-2.15
Large intestine	6	5	0.40	0.40	0.40	2.94	0.004	-2.17	0.93	2.12	0.05	-1.74

Average richness, mean probability of an interspecific encounter (PIE, Hurlbert’s 1971), and observed (O) and expected by chance (E) values of the C-score for presence/absence matrices. The P indicates the p-value (O<E). Negative values of the standardised effect size (SES) indicate that O < E.

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