Table 3. Results of 2-way ANOVA (fixed factors) for the population growth rates (lambda) variable.
Growth rate | lambda (λ) | ||
Groups of populations compared | d.f. | F | p |
a. Comparison between Northern and Southern species (central locations only) | |||
Temperature | 4 | 4.89 | 0.010 |
Species | 1 | 0.30 | 0.591 |
Temperature * Species | 4 | 6.19 | 0.004 |
b. Southern species: comparison between marginal and central locations | |||
Temperature | 4 | 17.40 | <0.001 |
Marginality | 1 | 1.89 | 0.190 |
Temperature * Marginality | 4 | 0.70 | 0.601 |
c. Northern species: comparison among locations | |||
Location | 2 | 1.43 | 0.294 |
Temperature | 4 | 0.56 | 0.698 |
Significant p-values are indicated in bold.