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There was a highly significant separation between the Bale monkeys and the combined vervet and grivet populations (Fig. 5a ; p < 0.001 ANOSIM), with the first NMDS dimension providing the main distinction.
There was a highly significant separation between the Bale monkeys and the combined vervet and grivet populations (Fig. 5a ; p < 0.001 ANOSIM), with the first NMDS dimension providing the main distinction.
Diversity in DBF was higher than in CBF with marginal significance (p = 0.042).
At the phylum level, in NBF there was a marginally significant (p = 0.048, Wilcoxon rank sum test) decrease in Bacteroidetes abundances from the dry to the wet season (Fig. 4d ), while Spirochaetes and Actinobacteria increased significantly (p = 0.010 and 0.021, respectively).