Ecological Archives E095-100-S2

Hadar Kedem, Carmit Cohen, Irit Messika, Monica Einav, Shai Pilosof, Hadas Hawlena. 2014. Multiple effects of host-species diversity on coexisting host-specific and host-opportunistic microbes. Ecology 95:1173–1183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-0678.1

Raw data and variable description for the host-specificity and model selection analyses.
Ecological Archives E095-100-S2.

Corresponding author's name: Hadas Hawlena
Department of Life Sciences
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer- Sheva 84105, Israel
E-mail: hadashaw@bgu.ac.il

Co-authors' names: Hadar Kedem, Carmit Cohen, Irit Messika, Monica Einav
Affiliation: Department of Life Sciences
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer- Sheva 84105, Israel

Co-author's name: Shai Pilosof
Affiliation: Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology
Swiss Institute of Dryland Environmental Research
Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
E-mail: spilosof@post.bgu.ac.il

DataFor_glmmADMB.csv (MD5: 8945235dd0e6762d3230671eb51c540c)

DataFor_glmmADMB.csv: Raw data for the host-specificity and model selection analyses

Description of variables used for the host-specificity and model selection analyses:

Variable	Type	Role	Description
DNA	Nominal	Replicate	A serial number for the host individual blood sample
Sp comp	Nominal	Fixed effect	Species composition in a plot: 1 = G. andersoni; 3 = G. andersoni +G.pyramidum; 4 = G. pyramidum + G. gerbillus; 5 = all three species
Host sp	Nominal	Fixed effect	Host species: 1 = G. andersoni; 2 = G.pyramidum; 3 = G. gerbillus
Grid spss	Nominal	Random effect	A serial number for the plot
Sp richness	Ordinal	Fixed effect	Species richness = the number of species in the plot
GA prop	Continuous	Fixed effect	G. andersoni proportion in the plot
GP prop	Continuous	Fixed effect	G. pyramidum proportion in the plot
GG prop	Continuous	Fixed effect	G. gerbillus proportion in the plot
GA density	Continuous	Fixed effect	G. andersoni density in the plot
GP density	Continuous	Fixed effect	G. pyramidum density in the plot
GG density	Continuous	Fixed effect	G. gerbillus density in the plot
Fleas_cont.	Continuous	Fixed effect	The number of fleas on the host
Fleas_dic	Ordinal	Fixed effect	Flea intensity: 0 = below the median of fleas per host; 1 = above the median of fleas per host
Host density	Continuous	Fixed effect	Host density in a plot
MH	Ordinal	Dependent variable in most analyses	Mycoplasma haemomuris: 0 = absence; 1 = presence
BART2	Ordinal	Dependent variable in most analyses	Bartonella sp.: 0 = absence; 1 = presence