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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)
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BMC Ecology

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