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Table 5 Comparison of component communities in adult and 1Y host individuals

From: Long-term study reveals central European aerial insectivores as an unusual group of hosts that harbor mostly helminths that are unable to complete life-cycles in the nesting quarters of their hosts

Variable

Host species

Apus apus (nadults = 181; N1Y = 80)

Hirundo rustica (nadults = 403; N1Y = 44)

Delichon urbicum (nadults = 101; N1Y = 50)

Riparia riparia (nadults = 181; N1Y = 5)

Ficedula albicollis (nadults = 83; N1Y = 4)

Species observed (adults)

13

15

11

3

7

Species observed (1Y)

5

3

2

1

1

Shared species (observed)

2

3

2

1

0

Chao shared species (estimated)

0

3.25

0

0

0

Sørensen similarity index

0.222

0.353

0.308

0.500

0.000

Bray–Curtis similarity index

0.230

0.241

0.794

0.312

0.000

Shannon diversity t-test (t; df; P)

13.8; 375.4; < 0.001

23.0; 200.0; < 0.001

8.3; 554.3; < 0.001

5.2; 292.0; < 0.001

14.7; 81.0; < 0.001