Table 3 Diversity indices and outcomes of the Shannon diversity t-test
Variable | Host species | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apus apus (n = 261) | Hirundo rustica (n = 447) | Delichon urbicum (n = 151) | Riparia riparia (n = 186) | Ficedula albicollis (n = 87) | |
Number of species | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
Number of individuals | 2076 | 1150 | 1055 | 346 | 103 |
Helminth load (mean ± SE) | 8.0 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.4 | 7.0 ± 0.7 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.5 |
Dominance | 0.309 | 0.183 | 0.457 | 0.089 | 0.781 |
Evenness | 0.254 | 0.467 | 0.232 | 0.409 | 0.642 |
Equitability | 0.504 | 0.719 | 0.391 | 0.186 | 0.798 |
Fisher alpha | 2.36 | 2.44 | 1.71 | 0.45 | 2.37 |
Berger–Parker | 0.424 | 0.283 | 0.515 | 0.954 | 0.340 |
Shannon diversity t-test (t; df; P) | |||||
Apus apus | 12.1; 5511.8; < 0.001 | −13.3; 2120.5; < 0.001 | −15.9; 2113.6; < 0.001 | 3.8; 115.4; < 0.001 | |
Hirundo rustica | 24.7; 2845.8; < 0.001 | 18.2; 5034.0; < 0.001 | 1.4; 388.2; 0.17 | ||
Delichon urbicum | 7.1; 2462.7; < 0.001 | −8.9; 128.0; < 0.001 | |||
Riparia riparia | −10.4; 376.2; < 0.001 | ||||