Table 5.
Pearson correlation matrices describing relationships among web collection number and arcsine-transformed summed molar percentages of readily synthesized (RS: GABamide, glycine, alanine), moderately synthesized (MS: n-acetylputrescine, n-acetyltaurine, isethionate, putrescine, taurine), and poorly synthesized (PS: choline, glycine betaine) LMM in the starving and feeding groups of each species
| Web number | RS | MS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. cavaticus starving | 0.883*** | |||
| A. aurantia starving | 0.773** | |||
| RS | A. trifasciata starving | 0.815*** | ||
| A. cavaticus feeding | 0.606** | |||
| A. aurantia feeding | 0.727*** | |||
| A. trifasciata feeding | 0.808*** | |||
| A. cavaticus starving | −0.926*** | −0.947*** | ||
| A. aurantia starving | −0.821*** | −0.987*** | ||
| MS | A. trifasciata starving | −0.888*** | −0.982*** | |
| A. cavaticus feeding | −0.533* | −0.841*** | ||
| A. aurantia feeding | −0.498 | −0.880*** | ||
| A. trifasciata feeding | −0.609** | −0.898*** | ||
| A. cavaticus starving | −0.702*** | −0.873*** | 0.748*** | |
| A. aurantia starving | −0.476 | −0.888*** | 0.848*** | |
| PS | A. trifasciata starving | −0.444 | −0.846*** | 0.752** |
| A. cavaticus feeding | −0.688*** | −0.874*** | 0.645*** | |
| A. aurantia feeding | −0.700*** | −0.876*** | 0.789*** | |
| A. trifasciata feeding | −0.906*** | −0.781*** | 0.466 |
Molar % data from adult female, juvenile female, and juvenile male starving and feeding groups used to calculate A. cavaticus correlation coefficients. Coefficients for both Argiope species calculated using molar % data from adult female starving and feeding groups.
Bonferroni probabilities: P < 0.05;
P < 0.01;
P < 0.001.