Table 3. Test statistics for the tri-trophic experiment.
Effect1 | DF | F | P |
Natural enemies (NE) | 1,8 | 18.53 | 0.0026 |
Plant sex (PS) | 1,56 | 0.63 | 0.43 |
Aphid species (AS) | 1,56 | 7.68 | 0.0076 |
NE×PS | 1,56 | 2.19 | 0.15 |
NE×AS | 1,56 | 10.29 | 0.0022 |
PS×AS | 1,56 | 1.31 | 0.26 |
NE×PS×AS | 1,56 | 4.47 | 0.039 |
Initial density | 1,56 | 4.21 | 0.0448 |
Initial density×NE | 1,56 | 0.05 | 0.82 |
Aphid counter, plant identity and cage×natural enemy exclusion interaction are included as random effects.