Table 1 Analyses of urinary neopterin predictors in wild gelada populations in the Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP) and the Guassa Community Conservation Area (GCCA).
Analysis | Predictors | N (SMNP) | N (GCCA) |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Demographic, climatic, and technical factors | Age, sex, rainfall, min temperature, time of day, storage time | 588 | NA |
2. Taenia serialis | Age, time of day, storage time, T. serialis infection | 128 | 45 |
3. Gastrointestinal helminths | Age, time of day, storage time, helminth ASV richness over 1Â year prior to sampling | 140 | NA |
4. Microbiome 4.1 Alpha diversity 4.2 Beta diversity | Age, time of day, storage time, microbiome ASV richness, Shannon’s diversity index, Faith’s phylogenetic diversity index Age, time of day, storage time, Bray–Curtis diversity, weighted and unweighted UniFrac distances | 229 | NA |
