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. 2013 Jan 21;8(1):e54690. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054690

Table 3. Populations of D. quercusvirens associated with Q. geminata (Qg) and Q. virginiana (Qv) used in the present study, along with study site location and the population means ± SE and sample sizes (in parentheses) for each trait measured (HTL = hind tibia length [asexual generation], GPC = galls per compound stem gall, MGD = mean gall diameter per individual gall that forms compound gall, HP = host preference of the asexual generation females for Q. virginiana [ = 1 − host preference for Q. geminata]).

Population Host plant Latitude Longitude HTL(mm) GPC MGD HP
Lake Lizzie (LL) Qg 28° 13′ 39.6′′ N 81° 10′ 47.9′′ W 1.48±0.01 (38) 9.50±2.35(12) 10.32±0.19(192) 0.32±0.03(17)
Archibold Biol. Station (ABS) Qg 27° 10′ 57′′ N 81° 21′ 08′′ W 1.53±0.01(28) 6.48±1.79(21) 8.03±0.18(124) 0.41±0.04(27)
Sewanee River at Branford (SR) Qg 29° 57′ 18.4′′ N 82° 55′ 43.7 ′′W 1.56±0.03(34) 7.39±0.81(28) 8.41±0.16(207) n/a
Scrub field (SC) Qg 27° 30′ 48′′ N 81° 20′ 16′′ W 1.61±0.02(12) 8.31±2.27(13) 9.91±0.24(79) 0.37±0.04(25)
Hickory Hammock (HH) Qv 27° 24′ 09′′ N 81° 06′ 42′′ W 1.41±0.02(9) 6.06±0.96(16) 6.49±0.16(104) 0.65±0.05(19)
High Springs (HH) Qv 29° 50′ 37.9′′ N 82° 37′ 54.6′′ W 1.37±0.02(8) 7.96±1.45(27) 5.55±0.08(234) n/a
Leesburg (LB) Qv 28° 40′ 2.5′′ N 81° 51′ 11.7″ W 1.33±0.03(12) n/a n/a n/a
Luther Wilson Road (LWR) Qv 30° 19′ 4.8′′ W 83° 45′ 38.3′′ W 1.39±0.01(30) 9.61±1.55(26) 6.91±0.10(252) 0.67±0.05(19)