Table 2.
Repeated measures ANOVA on the effect of population (first factor), food (second factor), and time of day (repeated factor) on daily rhythm of male Ceratitis capitata sexual signalling. Times of the day between 07:00 and 17:00 hours (sexually active period of the day) of adult-day 15 were considered in the analysis
Source of variation | d.f. | MS | F | P |
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Population | 3 | 96.3 | 124.1 | <0.001 |
Food | 1 | 1375.2 | 1771.6 | <0.001 |
Population*food | 3 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 0.001 |
Error (between subjects) | 70 | 0.7 | ||
Time of the day | 10 | 260.0 | 529.1 | <0.001 |
Time of the day*population | 30 | 6.1 | 12.5 | <0.001 |
Time of the day*food | 10 | 16.1 | 32.9 | <0.001 |
Time of the day*population*food | 30 | 1.5 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
Error (time of the day) | 700 | 0.4 |