TABLE 1.
Effect of symbiont status and humidity on various beetle parameters.
| Response | Test | Symbiont status | Humidity | Status* Humidity |
| Population growth | GLMER | t = −3.212 p < 0.001 | t = 3.305 p < 0.001 | t = 4.1471 p < 0.001 |
| Wet weight (Ww) | Wilcoxon-rank sum test | W = 204 df = 1 p = 0.004412 | – | – |
| Dry weight (DW) | Wilcoxon-rank sum test | W = 208 df = 1 p = 0.0032723 | ||
| Total body water content | Wilcoxon-rank sum test | W = 164 df = 1 p = 0.03864 | – | – |
| Relative body water content | Wilcoxon-rank sum test | W = 164 df = 1 p = 0.1807 | – | – |
| Water loss (desiccation resistance) | GLMER | t = 0.224 p = 0.0463 | – | – |
| Total amount of CHCs | GLMER | t = 1.834 p = 0.7291 | t = −1.8357 p = 0.2136 | t = 0.8719 p = 0.2637 |
| CHC carbon chain length | GLMER | t = −0.0955 p = 0.9239 | t = −1.3873 p = 0.1653 | t = 1.8739 p = 0.0609 |
| CHCs: Proportion unsaturated | GLMER | t = 1.2354 p = 0.2167 | t = −0.4369 p = 0.6621 | t = 0.0695 p = 0.9445 |
| CHCs | PERMANOVA | pseudo-f2 = 1.4320 p = 0.1856 | pseudo-f2 = 0.8756 p = 0.5207 | pseudo-f1 = 1.6623 p = 0.1224 |
| CHCs | ANOSIM | r = 0.11 p = 0.0910 | r = 0.03262 p = 0.1151 | – |
Significant p-values are given in bold.
*Denotes interaction effects.