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Table 3 Results of GLMMs testing the influence of animal species, sex, season and number of used tree holes on helminth prevalence

From: Are sleeping site ecology and season linked to intestinal helminth prevalence and diversity in two sympatric, nocturnal and arboreal primate hosts (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis)?

Measure

Term

Estimate

Standard error

z

p value

Overall prevalence

Intercept

− 1.47

0.39

− 3.78

< 0.001*

Species

1.08

0.45

2.43

0.015*

Lemuricola spp. prevalence in L. edwardsi

Intercept

0.98

0.72

1.35

0.178

Sex

− 0.44

0.51

− 0.85

0.395

Season

− 0.30

0.57

− 0.57

0.572

Tree holes

− 0.45

0.29

− 0.15

0.125

Strongylida prevalence in L. edwardsi

Intercept

− 2.68

1.15

− 2.34

0.019*

Sex

− 1.94

1.20

− 1.62

0.106

Season

− 0.57

1.95

− 0.60

0.106

Tree holes

0.57

0.47

1.20

0.229

Strongylida prevalence in A. occidentalis

Intercept

− 4.83

4.34

− 1.11

0.266

Sex

0.87

1.90

0.46

0.649

  1. * Significant p values (≤ 0.05)