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Table 3 Mean number of bat flies per infested bat in the different bat species

From: Bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) infesting cave-dwelling bats in Gabon: diversity, dynamics and potential role in Polychromophilus melanipherus transmission

 

M.i

H.c

H.g

R.a

C.a

ANOVA

 

F

df

P

All caves

1.97 ± 0.09

0.42 ± 0.06

0.21 ± 0.03

1.08 ± 0.13

0.12 ± 0.06

88.28

1149

< 0.0001

Kessipoughou

1.62 ± 0.15

1.10 ± 0.17

0.32 ± 0.04

2.57 ± 0.37

na

39.51

461

< 0.0001

Djibilong

2.13 ± 0.15

0.19 ± 0.06

na

1.50 ± 0.71

na

40.55

248

< 0.0001

Faucon

2.23 ± 0.19

0.07 ± 0.05

0

na

0.12 ± 0.06

52.20

180

< 0.0001

Zadie

na

0.01 ± 0.01

0

0.53 ± 0.08

na

21.89

251

< 0.0001

  1. Abbreviations: C.a Coleura afra, H.c Hipposideros caffer complex, H.g Hipposideros gigas, M.i Miniopterus inflatus, R.a Rousettus aegyptiacus, ANOVA, analysis of variance, F ANOVA F-statistic, df degrees of freedom, P P-value, na, not applicable (i.e. missing data)
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