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. 2007 Sep 26;2(9):e960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000960

Table 4. Statistical results of the generalized linear models with underlying gamma distributions for the two Petri dish bioassays.

Cross-phylogeny Petri dish bioassay
Nested model Model with only strain origin
Resident χ2 = 266.6, df = 14, p<0.0001 χ2 = 1339.9, df = 18, p<0.0001
Intruder χ2 = 88.44, df = 14, p<0.0001 χ2 = 631.67, df = 18, p<0.0001
Ant genus of resident χ2 = 40.83, df = 4, p<0.0001
Ant genus of intruder χ2 = 14.86, df = 4, p = 0.0050
Size of resident χ2 = 0.160, df = 1, p = 0.6892 χ2 = 0.040, df = 1, p = 0.8396
Relative genetic distance χ2 = 7.08, df = 1, p = 0.0078
Resident*Intruder χ2 = 2099.2, df = 324, p<0.0001
Ant genus of resident * Ant genus of intruder χ2 = 84.67, df = 16, p<0.0001
Within- Acromyrmex Petri dish bioassay
Nested model Model with only strain origin
Resident χ2 = 123.7, df = 7, p<0.0001 χ2 = 943.5, df = 11, p<0.0001
Intruder χ2 = 248.8, df = 7, p<0.0001 χ2 = 1003.1, df = 11, p<0.0001
Ant species of resident χ2 = 110.2, df = 4, p<0.0001
Ant species of intruder χ2 = 37.8, df = 4, p<0.0001
Size of resident χ2 = 6.85, df = 1, p = 0.0089 χ2 = 0.51, df = 1, p = 0.4735
Relative genetic distance χ2 = 11.62, df = 1, p = 0.0007
Resident*Intruder χ2 = 1307.6, df = 121, p<0.0001
Ant species of resident * Ant species of intruder χ2 = 73.51, df = 16, p<0.0001

The top section gives the results for the cross-phylogeny bioassay and the bottom section gives the results for the within-Acromyrmex bioassay. For both bioassays, a nested model and a model including only resident, intruder, and their interaction were built (see text for detail). Significance of terms in the models was determined through Likelihood Ratio Statistics for Type III ANOVAs, χ2-values, degrees of freedom (df), and p-values are given.